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8.12.2009

Castle Moats: Holy for Some, Sewer for Others

Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News
Castle Moat
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Over 2,000 years ago, residents of at least one royal palace enjoyed convenient indoor toilets, with the contents regularly transported to the stately mansion's surrounding moat, according to a recent excavation. The dig also found that the inhabitants struggled, and likely failed, to keep the waste flowing away from the palace.

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