NOVA — S27E09 — Lost on Everest

00:00:01 Narrator: MIST RISES OFF THESE WATERS AS IT HAS FOR CENTURIES.

00:02:53 A MYSTERY THAT THIS GROUP OF ENGINEERS

00:05:07 THEY WERE PROUD TO OPEN COMFORTABLE

00:07:14 FROM THE EAST, FROM OVER THERE

00:09:34 IMAGINE THE GERMS AND BACTERIA

00:11:53 IS WHERE THE BATHERS WILL CHANGE THEIR CLOTHES

00:14:31 A GOOD 60, 70 YEARS BEFORE THE PANTHEON.

00:16:51 BY THE ROMAN ARCHITECT, VITRUVIUS, IN THE FIRST CENTURY B.C.

00:19:04 THE ROOF FORMS OVER THE FRIGIDARIUM

00:21:55 ABOUT HOW WELL ORATA'S OYSTER BUSINESS DID

00:23:58 AND THEN, YOU SEE

00:26:12 Keach: THE CLAY TILES KEPT CRACKING.

00:28:33 THE GRAND IMPERIAL BATHS OF CARACALLA IN ROME HAVE NO ROOF

00:30:59 SO IT WILL CRACK FOR THAT REASON, AND THE OTHER THING IS

00:33:40 STARTING IN 38 A.D.

00:35:34 IS THAT THEY USED A LOT OF LEAD PIPES.

00:37:47 I'M SITTING REALLY VERY CLOSE TO MY NEIGHBORS.

00:40:34 IT'S A TENSE TIME.

00:42:45 Yalcinkaya: BETTER WE CAN GO AROUND HERE.

00:44:46 IF YOU TAKE IT OUT OF THAT ONE

00:46:25 TO THE LIMIT OF A TURKISH BATH.

00:48:13 A MARBLE MOSAIC FOR THE FLOOR AND A FRESCO FOR THE WALL...

00:51:00 TO SOCIALIZE WITH FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS...

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