Unexpected Viking toilet discovery leads to controversy
by Annalee Newitz from Ars Technica - All content on (#2TPTF)
Museum Southeast Denmark
Archaeologists excavating at an ancient Viking settlement in southeast Denmark thought they were dealing with a typical country town from the Middle Ages. Then a single toilet changed everything.
Museum of Southeastern Denmark archaeology researcher Anna Beck was digging up what she thought was a semi-subterranean workshop, only to find that she was knee-deep in... yeah, you guessed it. She'd found a layer of medieval poop.
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