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1,700-year-old wooden water pipe unearthed in Belgium

by namanyayg on 5/20/25, 8:29 PM with 4 comments

  • by card_zero on 5/22/25, 11:47 AM

    I wonder how they drilled a six foot long hole, and kept it on target. Some gigantic Roman bench drill?
  • by ggm on 5/20/25, 8:59 PM

    Leading with an AI image of an imagined wooden pipe, has real pipe photo lower down.

    Bad dobby! Bad elf!

  • by damnesian on 5/20/25, 9:32 PM

    Pics or it didn't happen.