The Past Was Home
How Mohenjo-daro Drained Its Houses and Kept Channels Clear
Follow water from a Mohenjo-daro bathing floor into brick street drains, and see why covers, settling pits and repeated cleaning mattered.
YouTube channel
The Past Was Home
Explore past civilizations through the homes, meals, workplaces, and streets of the people who lived there.
The Past Was Home looks at history from inside the places people lived. A Roman apartment, an Egyptian workshop, or a market in Mesopotamia raises concrete questions: where did food come from, how was work organized, and what made a home comfortable or difficult to live in?
Archaeology and historical sources guide the explanations. A surviving building or written account can reveal part of a life without representing everyone in that society. AI-assisted reconstructions make spaces and routines easier to picture, with gaps and disputed details identified rather than presented as observed fact.
Videos and articles
Watch or read the explanation.
Each page includes the original video, a short answer, key points, chapters, and sources.
The Past Was Home
Who Had Running Water at Home in Ancient Rome?
Follow water from aqueducts to private outlets and shared fountains, and see why a piped city did not give every Roman household an indoor supply.