Historical waste
The study of faeces (commonly known as pooh) is actually very important. It's scientific name is scatology or coprology.
There is a hall of other words related to scatology and coprology. These are areas studied by palaeontologists, geologists, psychiatrists, historians, parasitogists, pathologists, psychologists, archeologists, anthropologists, zoologists, chemists and others. Some…
Published in
Historical waste
On the evening of September 12, 2001 Fresh Kills was re-opened and made a crime scene.
Truck loads of steel and rubble from the World Trade Centre attacks began to arrive. Over the next ten months 1.7 million tonnes of debris and the remains of victims would pour into Fresh…
Published in
Historical waste
The Bible's Ten Plagues (or pestilences) were all due to natural disasters. The ancient Egyptians lived in fear of floods, pus filled sores, mosquitoes, famine, days of blanketing darkness and hailstones which smelt of rotten eggs.
So what were the ten plagues and pestilences described in the Book of Exodus…
Published in
Historical waste
Michelangelo's David is actually made up of debris.
The priceless statue was carved out of the left over remains of millions and millions of shellfish. These shellfish lived in the shallow tropical waters which covered much of Europe during the Jurassic period (199.6 to 145.5 million years ago). Over millions…
Published in
Historical waste