As construction workers prepared to build a new highway in Syracuse, New York, a team of archaeologists uncovered 11 privies ...

Are all those ancient sculptors conning us? No amount of philosophy explains some of Greece’s more peculiar customs.

Archaeologists researching ancient tombs in Egypt are warning of a potential epidemic threat. Pathogens responsible for infectious diseases like tuberculosis and leprosy may survive in these tombs.

One of these is an Ancient Egyptian Toilet Jar, which you can procure a copy of from Doom: TGE’s gift shop. Having bought it during my playthrough, I can definitely recommend it as a purchase.

Yogurt is also good for calming the skin, as it revitalizes dry skin and works wonders for cases of eczema. Ancient Greeks, along with Egyptians, were known for using sea salt to exfoliate their skin.

According to Live Science, the discovery sheds new light on the ancient Egyptian celebration of Wepet Renpet, or the Opening of the Year, a festival that was central to their culture and calendar.

Even Japan's toilets are elevated from the bog standard. They’re armed to the teeth with a range of eyebrow-raising features that make spending a penny an experience you’ll want to repeat.

And now that you know the origins of the word gumbo, here’s a little something else to numb the mind: ancient Egyptians were eating gumbo thousands of years before the founding of New Orleans ...

Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research co-led by a UCL and Francis ...

Japanese toilets - equipped with music players, automatic flushes, and heated seats - are clearly not afraid of making a splash with their innovative designs. But these cutting edge seats have an ...