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From: wjr@x.UUCP (Bill Richard)
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Subject: Re: origin of "crap", really: "flushing toilet".
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 11:35:59 EST
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In article <907@mcvax.UUCP> jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis) writes:
>Well, in the bay of the Isle of Barra, (West of Scotland, 57 N, 00:30' W)
>lies a castle (Kiessimul castle) dated back to around 1200. It is supposed to
>have the first flushing toilets. 

	Actually, the earliest know flushing toilets were found in the anicent
palace at Knossos, Crete (ca. 1200 B.C.) They consisted of a baisn with a
drain at the back and covered with a seat. When you were done you dumped a jug
of water into the basin and its contents were flushed into the drain and out
of the palace. For pictures and descriptions see, "The Palace of Minos", Sir
Arthur Evans' record of his excavations at Knossos. (About 10 volumes, try the
archeology section of a university library) There is also a one volume popular
summary of his work, but I'm afraid I can't remember the author or title at
the moment.

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