Ancient Kilns Discovered To Deal With "End of World"

Italian archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a kiln used to incinerate plague victims in what at the time was thought be “the end of the world.”

The pottery remains were dated back to the third century A.D., a time when a series of epidemics now dubbed the "Plague of Cyprian" ravaged the Roman Empire, which included Egypt.

Deaths related to kilns

The kilns "killed more than 5,000 people a day in Rome alone," wrote Francesco Tiradritti, director of the project, in the latest issue of Egyptian Archaeology, a publication from the Egypt Exploration Society.  In history...