Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of us take modern bathroom facilities for granted, but it really wasn't that long ago that our ancestors were dumping the ...

Ancient Roman archaeological sites are littered with ceramic pots, and it can be challenging to definitively determine the purpose of any given pot—for instance, if it was used for storage or as a ...

Archaeologists develop method of identifying intestinal parasites concealed within 1,500-year-old 'chamber pot'. New technique helps distinguish portable toilets from other jars and ceramic vessels, ...

In rural Wuhan, a pair of chopsticks is placed inside chamber pot, representing swift birth of son An old Han Chinese wedding custom mandates that the bride brings her own "toilet," typically filled ...

Thanks to one person’s gastrointestinal grief, we now know more about ancient Roman toilet habits than ever before. As Live Science reports, archaeologists recently unearthed a 1500-year-old ceramic ...

This 5th century chamber pot was found in a Roman villa at Gerace, Sicily. It can hard to sniff out the uses of pottery from bygone eras. For example, researchers have uncovered conical ceramic pots ...

While you may think it is important to regularly clean your toilet, you’re potentially robbing future archaeologists of a chance to investigate your lifestyle. While analyzing fecal scrapings from ...

New research published today in the Journal of Archeaological Science Reports reveals how archeologists can determine when a pot was used by Romans as a portable toilet, known as a chamber pot.