Photos: Parasite Eggs Found Hiding in 500-Year-Old Latrine
Friday, March 27, 2015 - 07:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
When nature called, some people living in Jerusalem about 500 years ago used a stone-walled latrine in the Christian quarter. Now, nearly 500 years later, an analysis of the stools they left behind has revealed thousands of human parasites.