A Roman water boiler dating to the 1st century BC was discovered in a villa in Boscoreale, Italy. Remarkably, it survived with its network of pipes and fittings

A Roman water boiler dating to the 1st century BC was discovered in a villa in Boscoreale, Italy. Remarkably, it survived with its network of pipes and fittings intact, making it one of the rarest and best-preserved examples of ancient Roman plumbing technology. The boiler was uncovered in 1896 wit…