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"the dismal history of how far too many of those cases have been assiduously concealed both from the public and from the police: how influential rabbis and community leaders have sided with the alleged abusers against their victims; how victims and witnesses of sexual abuse have been pressured, even threatened, not to turn to secular law enforcement for help; how autonomous Jewish 'patrols,' displacing the role of official police in some large and heavily religious Jewish neighbourhoods, have played an inglorious part in the history of cover-ups; ... how some Jewish communities have even succeeded in manipulating law enforcement officials to protect suspected abusers."
Previous studies of the skeletal remains from Herculaneum include those related to understanding the ancient diet and disease load. According to an early study by anthropologist Sarah Bisel, overall excellent teeth suggest a diet low in cavity-causing foods, which could be the result of natural fluoride in the water owing to the volcano. Nearly half of the people examined had some amount of osteoarthritis, however, and many others appear to have suffered from childhood diseases or famines. Another study by anthropologist Luigi Capasso notes evidence of respiratory infections, potentially caused by indoor cooking. While many people at Herculaneum were eating seafood, their diet was mostly based on terrestrial meats and carbohydrates.
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