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1,000-year-old chicken egg preserved in human feces inside an ancient cesspit unearthed in Israel

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A chicken egg surrounded by human feces inside an ancient cesspit for 1,000 years has been unearthed in Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Wednesday. The complete egg was discovered in an industrial complex dating back to the Byzantine period, in what is now Yavne. ‘Eggshell fragments are known from earlier periods, for … Read more

Mother blasts Pontins for a ‘holiday from hell’ after finding ‘an open cesspit full of human waste’

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A mother claims her toddler is so traumatised by a Pontins ‘holiday from hell’ he cries if she suggested another trip – after discovering a maggot-infested room and an ‘open cesspit filled with human waste’.  Julie Bowyer, 38, had booked a week-long break at Pontins’ Camber Sands Holiday Park in Rye, East Sussex, earlier this … Read more