[blam]

I thought the Minoians on Crete had the first toilets.(?)

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Mr. K]

I thought they found my first conversion van- I swear it only LOOKED prehistoric guys!

[BigLittle]

I'm flushed with excitement at this news ;>)

[jtminton]

Too many "bathroom in Van" jokes to list!

[Mister Baredog]

First Toilet And Sewer System Of Prehistoric Period Found In Van

I thought they found it in the back of a van, LOL!! Silly me!!

[OSHA]

They had built their castles in strategic areas after carrying out ground studies.

Prehistoric environmental impact studies?

[Constitution Day]

Probably in a van by the river.

[ohioconservative]

Damn -- that's one big van. You know you've got the newest, most luxurious model when you have to separate the inside of your van into provinces!!!

[justshutupandtakeit]

They did. This probably was one used a couple of years ago and still the most advanced in the area. :^)

[ScottFromSpokane]

"What were you doin' in my van, eh?"

[TC Rider]

Was it a van, down by the river?

[AxelPaulsenJr]

When! Now I know why the guy lived down by the river, in his van.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks blam!

"I thought the Minoans on Crete had the first toilets"? That was claimed of course, but Evans wanted the Minoans to be just like Victorians. Wunderlich (a geologist I think) claims that the "toilets" were actually facilities for embalming (the drains got rid of the blood etc) and that the palaces were actually mortuaries and mausoleums for the upper crust of that time, analogous to the Egyptian practices.

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Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

[Publius6961]

What a disappointment!

I was sure this was about Clinton's chickmobile. You know? The one with the Astroturf?

[Publius6961]

Their architects had used the most developed techniques of the prehistoric period.

764 B.C. is now "prehistoric?
??????????????

[Thinkin' Gal]

First Toilet And Sewer System Of Prehistoric Period Found In Van

Hmmm, not an SUV?

Seriously, what would have been the first priority upon leaving Noah's Ark?

[RXSalesman]

Was the seat raised on the toilet when it was discovered?

[Tax-chick]

historic plumbing

[TopQuark]

they were grouped in a series of emirates known as Nairi,

Emirs have become rulers after the invasion by the Turks and establishment of Islam, which occurred 1300 years after the period described in the article. There were no "emirates" then.

[aruanan]

First Toilet And Sewer System Of Prehistoric Period Found In Van

Or "Prehistoric Life--Not So Crappy."