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    Early toilets reveal dysentery in Old Testament Jerusalem

    2023-05-25T23:01:00Z

    A new analysis of ancient faeces taken from two Jerusalem latrines dating back to the biblical Kingdom of Judah has uncovered traces of a single-celled microorganism Giardia duodenalis – a common cause of debilitating diarrhoea in humans.