<P> A cuneiform tablet from c. 1780 BC records the construction of an icehouse in the northern Mesopotamian town of Terqa by Zimri - Lim , the King of Mari , `` which never before had any king built . '' In China , archaeologists have found remains of ice pits from the seventh century BC , and references suggest they were in use before 1100 BC . Alexander the Great around 300 BC stored snow in pits dug for that purpose . In Rome in the third century AD , snow was imported from the mountains , stored in straw - covered pits , and sold from snow shops . The ice formed in the bottom of the pits sold at a higher price than the snow on top . </P>
<P> A cuneiform tablet from c. 1780 BC records the construction of an icehouse in the northern Mesopotamian town of Terqa by Zimri - Lim , the King of Mari , `` which never before had any king built . '' In China , archaeologists have found remains of ice pits from the seventh century BC , and references suggest they were in use before 1100 BC . Alexander the Great around 300 BC stored snow in pits dug for that purpose . In Rome in the third century AD , snow was imported from the mountains , stored in straw - covered pits , and sold from snow shops . The ice formed in the bottom of the pits sold at a higher price than the snow on top . </P>
how did they get ice in ancient rome
how did they get ice in ancient rome
snow was imported from the mountains , stored in straw - covered pits , and sold from snow shops
snow was imported from the mountains , stored in straw - covered pits , and sold from snow shops