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ancient history blog ancient history blog home about ancient history that doesn t suck a clean history of the shower by the scribe on monday january 11 2016 the world is filled with two types of people there are those who love the idea of relaxing in a hot bath or shower then there are those who like to procrastinate until the last minute of the day or day of the week it s all to often that we take taking a shower for granted showers might seem modern with their massaging sprays and swiveling heads but in truth they have been around for quite some time technically speaking waterfalls might be considered the very first showers they may not have all of the features we are used to having today but they performed basically the same job with a similar level of efficiency the water wasn t always warm and occasionally you might drown beneath it but all that aside it was often preferred over taking a bath in a bucket or basin it didn t take long for people to realize that water raining down overhead was a little more hygienic than sitting in a pool of your own bath water unfortunately the early ancient civilizations didn t quite have the technology needed to reproduce this natural occurrence instead they just had someone dump buckets of water on their head while they scrubbed themselves clean these early indoor showers were more often reserved for the wealthy who could afford a servant to dump the water not too many people were willing to help their friend take a shower even if they were the best of friends wealthy egyptians on the other hand could spare a servant or two to keep a constant flow of water pouring over them while they cleaned there were very few similarities between these early showers and the showers of today some of them did have a form of drainage used to remove the falling water but it was very rudimentary water also wasn t pumped into the room via pipes it was carried in a bucket at a time by the servants it wasn t until the greeks arrived with their technological prowess that sewage running water and more modern showers could become more commonplace they are regarded as the first people to truly utilize efficient indoor showers water pressure was combined with lead pipes to carry large supplies of water to shower rooms designed for all people to use no longer was showering reserved for only the wealthiest pergamum was one of the first of the ancient greek cities to implement public shower rooms as per usual the ancient romans followed and utilized the same technology as the greek however the romans took things a step further the greeks saw taking a shower as something fun or social to do but the romans saw the true hygienic value in the process they believed that people should take multiple showers every week many romans even took showers on a daily basis the mechanical shower didn t arrive for quite some time after this it was in the 18th century that the first mechanical shower made its appearance it was operated entirely by a hand pump which seemed like a step backward from the greek model but it still got the job done this original mechanical shower had many flaws and because of this it was never very popular with the wealthy for starters it had to use the same water over and over again during a single shower the user would pump the water into an overhead container pull the chain the water would fall down and then they would pump the same water back into the container this wasn t any more hygienic than taking a bath the design was improved in the early 19th century it had some of the same flaws such as recycling the same dirty water but it also had many improvements it would continue to be improved upon throughout the following century it wasn t long after this that nozzles capable of dispensing water in different patterns were introduced in the 1850 s plumbing came back into style this meant that new clean water could be continually pumped into the shower head this changed the game forever bathhouses featuring mechanical showers soon became commonplace shortly after the world would return full circle to the ideals of the romans take a shower every day or stay away a foodie s feast in ancient pompeii by the scribe on monday january 6 2014 when people think of pompeii it s often to conjure up images of violent destruction or to ponder the fragility of life as so visibly showcased by the remains of pompeiians who were caught by the wrath of mount vesuvius in 79 a d but there was much more to this town than just its end and for the past ten years archaeologists from the university of cincinnati have excavated a row of building plots located in the non elite district of the city some of these building plots which represent a total of 20 store fronts near the portia stabia date as far back as the 6th century b c the archaeologists learned that these store fronts were mostly restaurants and researchers were able to take the finds of preserved mineralized and charred food contents found in drains and toilets don t think about that too hard in order to analyze it the findings were surprising because it was previously thought that the non elites of pompeii were more or less a mass of hapless lemmings scrounging for whatever they can pinch from the side of a street or huddled around a bowl of gruel said steve ellis university of cincinnati associate professor of classics presenting the findings at the archaeological institute of america annual conference in chicago on january 4th this traditional vision needs to be replaced by a higher fare and standard of living at least for the urbanites in pompeii while archaeologists did find food remnants that would have been standard inexpensive fare in ancient italy ie grains fruit olives fish lentils eggs and nuts they also discovered that ancient pompeiians enjoyed a wide variety of exotic dishes featuring imported fare from outside of italy it s a foodie s dream sea urchins shellfish flamingos and the team even uncovered a giraffe s butchered leg joint which is the first giraffe bone found in ancient roman italy ellis commented on the giraffe bone saying how part of the animal butchered came to be a kitchen scrap in a seemingly standard pompeian restaurant not only speaks to long distance trade in exotic and wild animals but also something of the richness variety and range of a non elite diet the archaeological team also found traces imported exotic spices from far away regions such as indonesia from the archives how greenland got its name by the scribe on friday december 13 2013 in december 2010 our scribe revealed some history about the island of greenland how did it get its name and why call greenland green when it s clearly full of ice naturally the story involves vikings and a possible misunderstanding between languages follow this link to read how greenland got its name fun bonus fact scientists have estimated that the ice sheet that covers greenland is between 400 000 800 000 years old it covers approximately 80 of the island and is about 3 kilometers thick in places so the ancient settlers to the island probably didn t see much difference in appearance or terrain from what we see today from the archives the mayan military by the scribe on wednesday december 11 2013 in march 2007 we very briefly introduced readers to the basics of the mayan military or at least what was known at the time new archaeological discoveries are always being made and challenging previous assumptions for example just last year archaeologists discovered the tomb of a mayan warrior queen lady k abel a 7th century maya holy snake lord today here s the link to revisit the mayan military ca 300 900 ad fun bonus fact sometimes the mayans timed certain military campaigns to coincide with celestial events next page rss subscribe to rss subscribe by email follow us on facebook the ancient standard about us the ancient standard new post every week questions comments email us categories ancient africa ancient 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