By KENJI SHIMIZU/ Staff Writer
June 29, 2021 at 07:30 JST
A parasite egg found from the toilet structure at the ruins of Fujiwarakyo shows a possibility that people who lived in a period when Fujiwarakyo was the capital ate pork on a routine basis. (Provided by professor Masaaki Kanehara)
KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--Denizens of the Asuka Period (592-710) feasted on pork and may have done so routinely, archaeologists deduced from parasite eggs excavated from a toilet structure found in the ruins of the ancient capital of Fujiwarakyo. [Read More]
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