Biblical Latrine: Ancient Parasites Show That Cleanliness May Have Been Next To Sickliness
14th Nov 2006, 11:22 GMT
Those who make a great show of being religiously pure often lead lives that are secretly very dirty -- or at least so it was in biblical times. Recent bioarchaeological findings at the ancient Dead Sea settlement of Qumran confirm the existence of a strange communal latrine -- located at a remote distance, conforming with extreme hygiene practices described in ancient texts and possibly accounting for a documented early mortality rate at the settlement.
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