8 Archaeological Treasures Found in Poop
(Updated: December 23, 2020) If this man were smart, he’d be heading into Rome’s Cloaca Maxima to look for archaeological treasures buried among the ancient poop. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain Among its many fine qualities, human waste gives archaeologists a wealth of information about people's daily lives—what they ate and drank, what critters set up shop in their guts, what plants and animals lived alongside them—information that can be hard to find in historical accounts. It can also preserve artifacts and biological remains for centurie...
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