Dysentery in Judah
The Levantini Podcast
English - June 26, 2023 18:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality Education Language Learning arabic hebrew near east linguistics archaeology middle east religion history archaeologist Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dr. Piers Mitchell is an Honorary Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge and the lead author of a recent study that analyzed sediments from two latrines from the Kingdom of Judah. The study found that dysentery was widespread in the ancient capital of Jerusalem.
You can read the study at this link.