[MeanWestTexan]

"Soil samples yielded the desiccated eggs of human intestinal parasites."

Gag.

[aculeus]

PING

[ElkGroveDan]

Soil samples yielded the desiccated eggs of human intestinal parasites....

...along with torn pages from an ancient, soiled, Sears catalog.

[SouthTexas]

Two archaeological sleuths had reasons to suspect this may have been Qumran’s toilet......... and that they probably wrote the Dead Sea scrolls

Isn't this a bit of a stretch?

[oh8eleven]

The Qumran latrine, some 1,000 yards away, seemed to comply.
One thing's for sure, whoever wrote that requirement didn't have a prostate problem.

[The_Victor]

The Qumran latrine, some 1,000 yards away, seemed to comply.

1/2mile+ walk to the toilet. I hope the Essenes were regular.

[Terabitten]

evidence supporting the controversial view that Qumran was occupied by an ascetic Jewish sect, the Essenes

I didn't know that was controversial - I thought it was pretty well accepted fact.

[jim macomber]

My brother is an acrchaeologist and one of his colleagues specializes in fossillized...um...the end result of what people ate. It's a recognized specialty.

What I got a kick out of was this guy used to love to say, "It may be sh*t to you but it's my bread and butter."

[SunkenCiv]

nyah, nyah. ;') Thanks for the ping.

Remote latrine reconfirms the presence of Essene sect at Qumran
EurekAlert / University of North Carolina at Charlotte | November 13, 2006 | James Hathaway
Posted on 11/14/2006 3:20:10 AM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1738210/posts

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[Tamar1973]

Archaeologists, it seems, will dig anything, even latrines.

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What an incredible smell you’ve discovered!

[aculeus]

Two of the scrolls refer to a requirement that latrines be “northwest of the city” and “not visible from the city.” The Qumran latrine, some 1,000 yards away, seemed to comply.

Oxtering challenge ping.

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