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Toilet hygiene on the Silk Road
Researchers have discovered the first archaeological evidence - ancient toilets - that shows how travellers along the Silk Road spread infectious diseases 2000 years ago. Piers Mitchell of University of Cambridge explains.
(Photo: 2000-year-old personal hygiene sticks with remains of cloth, excavated from the latrine at Xuanquanzhi. Image credit: Hui-Yuan Yeh)
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