A multi-decadelong government initiative to renovate the city’s old buildings and install indoor plumbing in all housing has ...

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 ...

"Before dawn, we had to go out, carrying the pot and queuing at the public toilet," recalled Zhang Cuiying, who has lived there for 38 years. "Our hands went numb in winter, the smell was awful in ...

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 ...

Urbanisation in China tends to be depicted in terms of towering skyscrapers and multilane highways – the city reaching upwards and outwards. Not much thought is given to the vast, but less ...

Hooch, chamber pots, and buttons were among many artifacts recently found at two outdoor toilet sites, known as privies, in Newport. They were discovered at the former Green Derby Kentucky Bistro a ...

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.

A Roman ceramic vessel found in Sicily has been found to contain a 'crusty material' harbouring 1,500-year-old intestinal parasite eggs, revealing it to be a chamber pot. The portable toilet — which ...

When one has been invited to stay overnight in a home without indoor plumbing, but is provided with a chamber pot under the ...

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, ...