Though it may sound distasteful, the ruins of toilets and sewer systems can be a treasure trove for researchers who want to know how early Romans lived and ate. Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti spoke ...

The toilets, sewage systems and waste that a civilization leaves behind can tell researchers a lot about how that civilization lived. Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, who teaches at Brandies University, has ...

Modern analytical tools are no less than a time machine. From their 21st-century labs, researchers can peer into the everyday lives, hygiene, and even the parasites that plagued the people who lived ...

A research from the University of Cambridge found the Roman sanitation systems introduced roughly 2,000 years ago did not improve public health. In fact, the Roman toilets even increased the spread of ...

Intestinal parasites such as whipworm became increasingly common across Europe during the Roman Period, despite the apparent improvements the empire brought in sanitation technologies, archaeological ...

An ancient Roman toilet bowl discovered at in Serbia was revealed to contain the remains of intestinal parasites, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Sustainability Archaeologists ...

An online advertisement said that archaeologists made a discovery inside a Roman toilet. This was true. However, the picture shown in the ad was misleading, as was part of the article that resulted ...

When the Roman Empire spread across Europe 2,000 years ago, it brought some of the first real sanitation efforts with it. Romanization meant bathing, using toilets and keeping feces out of the streets ...

Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, who teaches at Brandies University, has studied the toilets and sewage systems of ancient Rome. Ancient Toilets, Sewer Systems Provide Treasure Trove For Researchers The ...