[cloudmountain]

I visited Cyprus years ago and saw these places. There were mosaics there from the Romans, as fresh and vivid as if they had been put in last month.
I lived in the middle east for some years and saw so much that I am still absorbing it. But I REALLY had to hand it to those Crusaders who fought over there and lived to return to their European homes: unbelievable IMMUNE SYSTEMS!

I got sick in Damascus once but didn't get it 100% taken care of until six months later. The doctor told me that I had a bug with a name about 10 inches long. He gave me medicine for it...and MY HUSBAND had to take the medicine too because that particular dysentery was sexually transmittable.

I was convinced that for those folks who survived the bugs of the middle east, NOTHING short of a silver bullet will kill them. Yuck. What a place Jesus chose to be born in...the middle east. Yuck.

[Resolute Conservative]

“and MY HUSBAND had to take the medicine too because that particular dysentery was sexually transmittable.”

Ha, I would have been safe for at least 3-4 months!...

[Bigg Red]

What a place Jesus chose to be born in...the middle east.

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Well, I am thinking that it has more to do with the backward cultures of many who have inhabited the area since. After all, the lands that the Crusaders came from wound up advancing in terms of hygiene.

When I looked at that beautifully preserved toilet I thought about how advanced it is compared to elimination practices still in use in many places in the world.