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The Romans had running water. They used toilets that had a constant stream of running water below the seat. Running water did not reappear in widespread use in Europe until the 19th century.
I was thinking of a specific Roman one, though, which was not connected to a constant stream. I am pretty sure that they had to take a bucket and "flush" it manually. Something similar could be achieved in a castle so long as the water were hoisted to the upper levels of the building where the toilets were located.
The reason I thought there may be a way to “flush” it is because I recall reading an article about a Roman bathroom in which the bathroom floor where the seat was was on a slight slope, so afterwards water could be poured on the floor and it would carry waste underneath the wall and away from the area. In the castle, I imagine something similar took place – even if it was a bucket of water thrown on the walls/floor after a person went. I admit that people throughout history put up with many more bad smells than we experience today, but I also think that they did what they could to reduce them when possible.
Ok, so a few questions- How old is the castle?- Is the castle in a semi-ruined state? (e.g. exposed to the air)- Did they explain more about how the bathroom worked? This is actually a fascinating topic (to me at least). Was there some type of seat (perhaps moveable) that was used as the "throne" for the bathroom? And that hole seems awfully large....I wonder if it was smaller at one point in time. Also, I imaging that it was customary to "flush" the toiled by bringing a bucket of water following use. Otherwise, the side of the castle would look even more awful than it did.
You're pretty fortunate that you can take excursions to Cape Cod. I've only been there once (on my way to Martha's Vineyard) and would enjoy going there again sometime. If it wasn't for the political leanings of the people in New England, it would probably target that area as the place I'd want to live. So much history there.
Well, I have commented on Disqus frequently in the past (and I think there's the potential to get just as nasty on Twitter). It's normally not that bad, at least not directed toward me. I should point out that I did report the guy's post and it did get taken down. Furthermore, when I basically told the guy he wasn't helping conservatism, he responded recently by saying that he never claimed to be conservative. So I don't know what he is.
I am guessing you are asking what room do we think it is? Given that the room appears to be on a corner (at least from what I can see in the picture), and that there's a hole toward the bottom with a lip near it defining a space where liquid could be collected (and the fact that you even posed this question in the first place), I'm going to guess it was a bathroom.
It looks like they're hoping that the crypt they just opened contains the bones of Lisa Gherardini's son (the crypt is of the husband's family). I could be missing something, but I think they're hoping to have a DNA match between the crypt bones and the bones from the Saint Orsola convent, which they believe to be Lisa's. This would of course give confirmation that they are in fact her's.
Ok, well I found a system that works pretty much exactly as I had wanted it, and it was right under my nose. Yahoo has a system in place which allows us to do all this and keeps track of it. We can pick pick from games in the AP top 25, from individual conferences, and/or the “most interesting games of the week”. Right now, I have it set to the latter, so that should include Louisville so long as they're highly ranked. If you want, I can change it to choose from the Top 25 only (doesn't matter to me).I have added the feature of "Use confidence points" for extra grooviness.All here are welcome to play. I will tentatively try to post a thread each week before and/or after the week's games to update. To join, visit:http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/college/register/joingroupGroup ID#: 7249Password: augustus
Ok, I added a new page to the site which has these books listed (except for the ones for which Amazon didn't sell the product as new):http://www.great-awakening.com/?page_id=185
I accept ca$h only! 😉Actually, I had an add-on to the forum installed and uninstalled a long time ago (probably before you joined). I just recently re-installed it, and the tables from the old database must have remained intact. I'm not sure I'll keep it installed, but I wanted to see if there were any features worth having.
That is amazing. Funny - "The Only 22 Countries in the World Britain Has Not Invaded". Also, of the few places in the world where the drivers drive on the left side of the road, I've been to several - Ireland, Jamaica, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Here is one:http://www.charliefrench.com/sciframe.htm
Still, I that's no excuse. His first racist remark was out of line, his second one was out of line as well, and his third remark – which was basically an incredibly vile sexual remark directed at my family – was so out of bounds that there was no justification. Locking horns with those who debate viciously is one thing, but he did was another. If conservatives think they can cast basic human decency aside in order to debate with liberals, then they've lost as well. Actually, I would have trouble calling them “conservatives” in the first place.
That's the difference between a cultured person and a poseur Modify: a gentleman
I had to look up the meaning of "poseur". This whole time I had been using the incorrect spelling of the word.
Update on this story – the tomb of a known relative of Francesco del Giocondo, the husband of Lisa Gherardini (the presumed subject of the Mona Lisa), has been entered and DNA from it will be tested to find any match with the presumed body of Lisa. http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.de/2013/08/suspected-family-tomb-of-mona-lisa.html#.Ugqj_j_ocQp
