Muck uncovers 800-year-old merchant’s notebook in a German latrine
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Archaeologists in Paderborn, Germany recovered a 700–800-year-old leather-bound notebook preserved in damp soil inside a latrine. The Latin text on ten pages, written as a wax tablet, suggests it was used as a reusable notebook by a literate merchant to record transactions; eight pages are double-sided, and a transcription is underway.
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