Merchant’s notebook recovered in near-perfect condition from 800-year-old German latrine

Archaeologists say medieval latrines are ‘almost always a treasure pit’, but even they are stunned to find a complete book – albeit in somewhat smelly circumstances

Archaeologists say medieval latrines are ‘almost always a treasure pit’, but even they are stunned to find a complete book – albeit in somewhat smelly circumstances

Archaeologists say medieval latrines are ‘almost always a treasure pit’, but even they are stunned to find a complete book – albeit in somewhat smelly circumstances