Parasitic worms found in 2,700-year-old toilet
What a delightful treat for the archaeologists working on an opulent, nearly 3,000-year-old home outside modern-day Jerusalem. In January, a research team announced that they found the preserved eggs of intestinal worms—whipworm, roundworm, tapeworm, and pinworm—in a large stone with a hole in its center, thought to be a toilet. It’s a reminder to keep a decent diet, because in several millennia archaeologists may be able to reconstruct your guts by what you left behind.
