Earthenware vessels can often be windows to the activities of long lost cultures. Traces of their contents can be clues to what we once snacked on, how we fed our children, and even how we cursed our enemies.
individuals around the world carry the 4-centimeter-long helminth in their bodies at any one time. The parasite makes its home in the large intestine, popping out egg after egg into our feces.Usually they don't make their presence known, but with enough of them crowding out our guts they can become a serious health concern. Anemia, pain in the bowels, and even rectal prolapse can occur in some of the worst case scenarios.
Yet this is the first time parasitic eggs have been observed in the residue of a ceramic vessel, confirming Romans did their business on the go.Piers Mitchell, a parasite expert from the University of Cambridge. We even know who owned the estate, with the words 'praedia Philippianorum' in the baths' cold room telling us it belonged to somebody called Philippiani.
Not all are sure to have been used for collecting bodily waste, though. A recent study on hundreds of vessels uncovered in the Serbian town of Viminacium suggested in addition to possible chamber pots, they could have stored cereals or water, or even been burial urns.
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