Archaeologists have been discovering how Romans lived 2000 years ago, by studying what they left behind in their
sewers. A team of experts has found out details about their diet and their illnesses.
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This
unconventional journey into the past took the team down into an ancient
sewer below the town of Herculaneum. Along with neighbouring Pompeii, it was one of
the settlements buried by the Vesuvius volcanic explosion of 79AD.
In a tunnel 86 metres long, they
unearthed what's believed to be the largest deposit of human
excrement ever found in the Roman world. The scientists have been able to study what foods people ate and what jobs they did, by
matching the material to the buildings above, like shops and homes.
