It's amazing his reforms weren't wiped out.
BAR authors Sa'ar Ganor and Igor Kramerman believe this latrine excavated at Lachish was symbolically placed to desecrate the shrine as part of Hezekiah's reforms. Photo: Igor Kreimerman.
BAR authors Sa'ar Ganor and Igor Kramerman believe this latrine excavated at Lachish was symbolically placed to desecrate the shrine as part of Hezekiah's reforms. Photo: Igor Kreimerman.
Hezekiah was desecrating idol worship (not very pc of him) and was showing himself as one of the most faithful kings of Judah. It was under Hezekiah and counselor/prophet, Isaiah, that 185,000 Assyrian soldiers died in one evening without an arrow being shot or a spear being thrown.
Interesting read. Now I’m linky-linky all over the place to learn more about all the names and places in the article.
No shiite.
Looks like the western sitting toilet design is ancient, significantly pre-dating the Romans versus the squat toilet used in east Asia.
That’d be too much work for today’s ferals.
It says the latrine was symbolic and never used. Maybe the had a chamber under it and a pot to carry the waste out to keep from stinking up the place.
Hezekiah succeeded the evil king Manassah who may have been responsible for the removal of the Ark of the Covenant to the Church of St. Mary of Sion in Axum Ethiopia.
Speaking of Hezekiah I had the pleasure of traversing his tunnel when I visited Jerusalem in 2014. It was fascinating to see the chisel marks and the way they changed directions when you reach the mid-point. An amazing engineering feat for it’s day and not to be missed if you visit Israel.
I hope that unit once include a nice wooden seat! Does Home Depor sell those?
That’s a pretty small target for a guy to hit, especially if a dude is drunk.
