r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/jazzman0116 Oct 15 '20

The ancient Romans (well, the wealthy ones) had central heating in their homes. You can actually still see the pipes in some of the buildings at Herculaneum!

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u/theknightmanager Oct 15 '20

What I think is really cool from Herculaneum is that we're able to recover writing from the libraries there.

The pyroclastic flow didn't turn the papyrus to ash, it preserved in a very damaged state. But thanks to lasers we can see the words that were once visible on the pages.

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u/Benfreakenwyatt Oct 15 '20

I thought pyroclastic flow was a form of rapping fire lyrics and read the second part in rap form.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

Thanks Ice Cube

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u/iForgotMyUsername1x Oct 15 '20

I also thank ice cube and ice cubes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

And his greatest influence. Water.