Nicker on 11/9/2023 at 18:03
The tub-room and the plumbing looks amazing. The rest...
mxleader on 11/9/2023 at 18:09
Agreed, the tub room is pretty cool. There are certain eras where the decor is overwhelming, not to mention the problem with object errors recreating those rooms in DROMED ... Oh wait, wrong chat. :laff:
Pyrian on 11/9/2023 at 22:20
There seems to be more pipes and valves than I can figure out what they're all for.
mxleader on 12/9/2023 at 12:24
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There seems to be more pipes and valves than I can figure out what they're all for.
There's one for the shower. One for the tub. Two for hot and cold water and two for mixing in the hot and cold blood of your enemies.
heywood on 12/9/2023 at 19:11
I see two pairs of hot and cold screw valves which are controlling the hot/cold water mix separately for the tub and the shower. The tub has a two-way valve in the filler spout, and there's a three-way valve for the shower that can either direct water to the hand held shower wand or up to a fixed shower head that's out of the frame. Also partially visible is a a ring for hanging a shower curtain. The larger diameter cylinder that's in the middle looks like it's just structural.
The dumbest thing about ISIL blowing up the temples in Palmyra is that they were most recently used as mosques. The Roman empire purged paganism and converted them into churches. When Islam arrived, they were converted into mosques and remained in use until the 20th century.
Azaran on 12/9/2023 at 20:28
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The dumbest thing about ISIL blowing up the temples in Palmyra is that they were most recently used as mosques. The Roman empire purged paganism and converted them into churches. When Islam arrived, they were converted into mosques and remained in use until the 20th century.
Religious fascism and reason don't go well together.
Apparently they even engaged in 'unislamic' vices and activities that they forbade in areas under their control
Azaran on 12/9/2023 at 20:42
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The Roman empire purged paganism and converted them into churches
Reminds me of the Egyptian Philae temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis. This is a very unique building, as it's the last active Egyptian temple, still vibrant in the 6th century AD, owing to its insular location. When the Byzantine emperor Justinian (a brutal theocrat, who terrorized Jews, Pagans, and 'heretics') found out about it, he sent troops to put an end to the cult. They sacked the temple, arrested the priests and deported them to Constantinople (they were likely executed, but their fate isn't recorded), and an Orthodox bishop was given custody of the site, which he then turned into a church by plastering the hieroglyph walls.
The plaster eventually eroded, and unwittingly allowed for the temple's preservation (sadly the original colours were washed away by the Aswan dam)
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The Roman empire purged paganism and converted them into churches.
Old paganism in interesting but too bad it's been partially hijacked in modern times by white supremacists in some parts of the world.
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