>I generally do not post on outhouses, but this news report caught my attention because it deals with the work of archaeologists.

The Byron Museum of History has a large outhouse exhibit which consists mostly of things found in peoples’ outhouses.

At the present, the museum is excavating an outhouse found recently at the Lucius Reed House. This house is one of the oldest houses in Byron, Illinois and it was on the Underground Railroad.

Now, what do you think archaeologists attached to the Byron Museum of History have found by excavating outhouses? According to the museum director, they have found over a thousand pieces of old artifacts, china, nails, glass bottles, old shell buttons, even bones.

However, as I read the inventory of things they have found, I think the archaeologists failed to mention one thing commonly found in outhouses. Can you guess what they have not found yet?

For outhouses at Qumran, see:

Toilets, Qumran, and the Essenes

Ancient Parasites Show that Cleanliness May Have Been Next to Sickliness

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Archaeology, Humor, Outhouses

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