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Scientists peeled back the layers of history to find the afflictions of a bygone era.

Scientists peeled back the layers of history to find the afflictions of a bygone era.

Scientists now know that many ancient Egyptians, and Nubians, were very sick

The Romans brought their famous baths and toilets to three continents, so how come they left places more unhygienic than they found them?

Research conducted by the University of Cambridge and focused on the study of ancient excrement found in two toilets from Old Testament Jerusalem has...

A new analysis of 2,500-year-old toilets has found early evidence of a harmful parasite

If we can study ancient cities like Jerusalem, it helps us understand how people first started to live and the problems they had, says Dr. Piers Mitchell - Click the link for more details.

Dysentery goes way back to ancient cities, spread around due to trade and wars

Scientists have discovered traces of Giardia duodenalis, a single-celled organism that causes dysentery, in faeces from two 2,500-year-old latrines in Jerusalem

The researchers see it as likely that dysentery outbreaks due to Giardia plagued towns throughout the near east in the Iron Age.