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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was the lowliest of accessories in a frontier household. It was often hidden away, tucked under a bed until needed, although a finer one might be produced for use by company. It was the most ...

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.