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Life in Ancient Rome may seem glamorous through the lens of historical achievements, but beneath the grandeur was a world marked by disturbing customs, questionable hygiene, and gritty realities. From ...

Workers building a sewer uncovered a rare stone delineating the city limits of ancient Rome. The pomerial stone — a large piece of travertine, a type of limestone — was discovered last … ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used large lava stone mills (or “querns”) turned by mules or donkeys. Then there ...

DENIZLI, TURKEY—The Anadolu Agency reports that a Roman-era sewerage system was discovered in southwestern Turkey’s ancient city of Tripolis by a team of researchers led by Bahadir Duman of ...

A huge, ancient sewer has been unearthed during archaeological excavations in Turkey - and it's still in working order. Expert archaeologists discovered the sewage system in the historic city of ...

Ancient Turkey: Parasite-Riddled Poop Discovered in 1,600-Year-Old Roman Sewage System Published Oct 05, 2017 at 12:05 PM EDT Updated Oct 05, 2017 at 12:26 PM EDT Roman ruins at Sagalassos, Turkey.

This would not be the first ancient statue to emerge from an unsavory trench: Construction workers in Rome also found a marble figure in a sewer system last year.

An ancient statue of an individual dressed as Hercules was discovered during repairs to a sewer system in Rome, archaeologists said. The nearly intact marble sculpture was found in a 60-foot pit ...

Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, who teaches at Brandies University, has studied the toilets and sewage systems of ancient Rome. Ancient Toilets, Sewer Systems Provide Treasure Trove For Researchers | WWNO ...

Ancient Toilets, Sewer Systems Provide Treasure Trove For Researchers. Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, who teaches at Brandies University, has studied the toilets and sewage systems of ancient Rome.