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This Medieval Wax Notebook Survived 800 Years in a Latrine and It's Perfectly Preserved
The wax-coated pages and leather case survived in a latrine’s damp, low-oxygen conditions, giving researchers a rare look at medieval writing.
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Archaeologists uncover 800-year-old notebook in medieval latrine still carrying an 'unpleasant smell'
Archaeologists digging beneath the German city of Paderborn expected to find medieval waste pits. As Daily Galaxy reports, though, they did not expect one of those 800-year-old latrines to yield a notebook so well preserved that it reportedly still reeked. The small writing tablet, discovered in a leather case at the bottom of the pit, is now offering researchers a rare glimpse into everyday life in the Middle Ages. What happened? The dig took p…
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