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Re: The King in the Car Park
Sep 05, 2013, 09:19
Sanctuary wrote:


I've never read reports of this before in remains from the same period (not that I've ever gone out of my way to research it) if it was so common. A bit speculative possible?


Maybe, but evidence 'suggests' and medieval England was never ever known for cleanliness.

"The lack of eggs in soil samples from the skull, and similar samples surrounding the body confidently suggest that the eggs found in the pelvis area resulted from genuine roundworm during his life, rather than from external contamination by human waste in the area."
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