Most of us take modern bathroom facilities for granted, but it really wasn’t that long ago that our ancestors were dumping the contents of their chamber pots out the window. In many parts of the world ...

The chamber pot stands about 12.5 inches tall and measures 13.5 inches wide at the rim. R.J.A. Wilson It may look like an ordinary storage jar, but some 1,500 years ago, a ceramic orange vessel ...

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

Don’t be duped by this doo-doo pot. An Amazon seller was caught reportedly hawking $55 “antique Chinese fruit bowls” that are actually replicas of traditional chamber pots, or spittoons, which were ...

Archaeologists have often found ancient Roman earthenware containers on their digs, but never knew for sure what they were for. Now, thanks to microscopic analysis of a fifth-century ceramic pot ...

These pots were produced so that the British people could relieve themselves on the unpopular general, and to let the ‘Little French Corporal perish’. As well as the hand painted bust of Emperor ...

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 ...

England’s King George III went mad in 1788, hurling random insults at friends and foes. The result was a government crisis. As his behavior slid from mildly eccentric to dangerously erratic, worried ...

An old Han Chinese wedding custom mandates that the bride brings her own "toilet," typically filled with red eggs, red dates, and peanuts, which symbolise fertility and abundant blessings.