Posted on 03/30/2015 5:52:59 PM PDT by SJackson
The excavation of a roughly 500-year-old latrine in Jerusalem has uncovered thousands of eggs from human parasites, including some that may have come from Northern Europe, a new study finds.
The people who used the latrine may have been long-distance traders or on a pilgrimage, likely from Northern Europe, where these parasites were common, the researchers said.
"While we will never know for sure why they made this journey, pilgrims and traders would be a plausible explanation," said the study's senior researcher, Piers Mitchell, a lecturer of biological anthropology at the University of Cambridge in England. [See Images of the 500-Year-Old Latrine and Parasites]
Researchers originally found the latrine during an excavation in Jerusalem's Christian quarter in 1996. The latrine had stone walls, a vaulted roof, an earthen floor and two entry chutes on opposing sides, just in case nature called two people at once.
A fragment of charcoal found in the cesspool helped the researchers to date the latrine to the late 1400s- early 1500s, when the city was under the jurisdiction of the viceroy of Damascus during the Mamluk Period (the Mamluks were a ruling military caste).
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Someone needs to study this stuff but I’m just glad it ain’t me.
Skittles and orange soda.
Thanks for ye three pings, BenLurkin, beaversmom, and SJackson.
Zechariah 14:12
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
- King James Bible “Authorized Version”, Cambridge Edition
Now there’s a headline I hadn’t anticipated.
That went well with breakfast...
Thanks. Now I have to wash my mind out.
When I was a kid in high school I thought I might want to be an Anthropologist when I grew up.
I’m glad I changed my mind.
When I saw “parasite” I thought it was another article about the “Palestinians.”
NOT my fault!
No s***?
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