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 ...

A modest 20-seat public latrine in Ostia, Rome’s bustling port city, is once again shedding light on the surprisingly communal and sophisticated sanitation culture of the Roman world. Far from being ...

When you visit sites of ancient Roman civilization, it's hard to know where to look first: Temples, markets, brothels and baths all draw the eye and the imagination. But if you really want to know ...

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 ...

Good plumbing is an overlooked, but vital, part of modern life. One of the first civilizations to really get a handle on it was the Romans. So why did the prevalence of parasites during Roman times ...

Ancient Rome’s toilets, baths, aqueducts and sewage systems may not have revolutionized public health after all, and the proof is in the poop, Piers Mitchell, an archaeologist at the University of ...

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 ...

In fact, parasites were worse in Roman times than earlier eras, such as the Bronze and Iron age. This is one of the findings in a paper by Piers D. Mitchell, an archeologist at the University of ...

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 ...

Archaeologists at a Roman fort more used to finding coins, weapons and tools have found a 2,000-year-old perfectly preserved wooden toilet seat. Dr Andrew Birley, one of the experts at Vindolanda fort ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though the ancient Romans may be more well-known for things like military prowess and leafy hats, they have also been lauded for ...