The Toilets of Iron Age Jerusalem, A View from Below, or, Dysentery and the Bible?

30/08/2023 45 min Episodio 75
The Toilets of Iron Age Jerusalem, A View from Below, or, Dysentery and the Bible?

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Excavation of Iron Age cesspits in Jerusalem has us thinking many things. These include 1) wow, they actually recovered protozoa that caused dysentery, how’d they do that, and, 2) umm, Jerusalem elites were really unhealthy. Our contestants try to keep the juvenile humor to a minimum.

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