Archaeologists have unearthed a medieval notebook in a former latrine in Paderborn. The remarkably well-preserved leather, ...

Learn how a notebook filled with handwritten notes survived inside a medieval latrine in Germany, and how the book could shed light on how merchants recorded transactions, reminders, and daily life ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 'notebook' has pages of wax on which the owner would write with a pointed stylus. (LWL/ S. Brentführer) If you've ever stared ...

In Paderborn, Germany, history has become a lot more real. Archaeologists found a wax notebook in a 13th-century latrine that was preserved in perfect condition. It's like "Stars, They're Like Us" for ...

Restorer Susanne Bretzel holds the wax notebook in her hands. Credit: LWL-Archaeology for Westphalia/E. Daood During the archaeological work linked to the construction of the new administrative ...

A medieval notebook believed to have belonged to a local merchant surfaced unscathed, miraculously, as a wet lump of dirt in a latrine, or toilet, in Paderborn, Germany. Once archaeologists penetrated ...