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 ...

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.

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 ...

Q — I have a commode pot that was given to my mother in 1971. At the time, she was working for a lady in Virginia who told my mother that the lady’s family used this when she was a child. The lady was ...

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 ...

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 ...

A toddler in south-east China had to be rescued by firefighters after he got his head stuck in a chamber pot. The mischievous one-year-old boy in Zhongshan, Guangdong province was playing with the pot ...

The New York Times provides some new details into the sources of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s money: These records show that while the chamber boasts of representing more than three million ...

An Antiques Roadshow guest’s jaw dropped as she found out the staggering price tag of her late friend’s Hitler-themed chamber pot. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT The BBC daytime series set up ...

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, ...