The cesspit under the Somerset House is nearly 15 feet deep and contained almost 100 artifacts. Courtesy of MOLA Excavations at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London have revealed a nearly ...
Archaeologists undertaking preliminary excavations beneath the Courtauld Gallery at the Somerset House in London have discovered a centuries-old cesspit filled with a trove of medieval artifacts—and ...
The Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (UIB-CSIC) reports that thrush bones discarded in a Roman cesspit at Pollentia reveal the songbirds were routine street food rather than an elite ...
A clay pot excavated from the cesspit below Rembrandt van Rijn’s Amsterdam house has been declared as one of only two “true Rembrandt relics” by Leonore van Sloten, the curator of the Rembrandt House ...
Analysis of a latrine in Jerusalem that dates back over 500 years finds human parasites common in northern Europe yet very rare in Middle East at the time, suggesting long-distance trade or pilgrimage ...
An ancient cesspit has been discovered during restoration work at Mont Orgueil Castle in Jersey. The archaeological discovery is believed to have been built sometime between the 13th and 15th Century.
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