Those who make a great show of being religiously pure often lead lives that are secretly very dirty -- or at least so it was in biblical times. Recent bioarchaeological findings at the ancient ...

An inventor in suburban Kansas City is trying to market a "latrine deodorizer," 50 years after an unforgettable Boy Scout summer. Although he hasn't sold any of his devices, the National Forest ...

A latrine from the Roman baths at Sagalassos in Turkey has yielded its stinky secrets: feces contaminated with roundworms and parasites were discovered there by archaeologists interested in ...

Her only concern now is that her latrine is very popular: All her neighbors are using it, so she is struggling to maintain it properly and worries it will be filled up soon. “I am telling others to ...

To construct a basic pit latrine, you don’t need engineers, special equipment or much money. Dig a deep hole set back at least 50 feet from drinking water ...

The latrine at Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island, Ala., was “self-flushing,” and way ahead of its time.

In the video above, which comes via Laughing Squid, Garrett Ryan, a PhD in Greek and Roman history, explores how ancient Rome’s toilets and latrines functioned.And, as Ryan notes, they did so ...

Paleoparasitological analysis of a 15th–16th c. CE latrine from the merchant quarter of Bruges, Belgium: Evidence for local and exotic parasite infections. Parasitology , 2024; 1 DOI: 10.1017 ...

The latrine appears to have been installed during a renovation of the theater in the second century C.E. It remained in use for around 300 years, the Hürriyet Daily News reports.