Listeros, The Maya may have mastered running water, creating fountains and toilets by controlling water pressure. The Maya site of Palenque in Chiapas had the most intricate water management in the ancient Maya world with elaborate subterranean aqueducts to deal with floods and erosion. The site was called "Lakamha" by the Maya meaning "big water." A steeply engineered aqueduct could have been used to power a large fountain and this was contructed at 750 CE. Live Science has the story here; http://www.livescience.com/history/091223-mayan-water-pressure.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Livesciencecom+%28LiveScience.com+Science+Headline+Feed%29 A tiny URL; http://tinyurl.com/ydgdgrk Mike Ruggeri Mike Ruggeri's Maya Archaeology News and Links http://tinyurl.com/atpsd9 Other posts:
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