Six Innovative Ways Humans Have Kept Cool Throughout History

Laura Kiniry Travel Correspondent With record-breaking temperatures scorching towns across the United States this month, Smithsonian magazine is looking to history to uncover innovative methods that people of the past used to beat the heat. As it turns out, prior to the rise of home air-conditioning units in the mid-20th century, humans were quite resourceful when it came to keeping cool. Here are six of our…