Archeologists found evidence that ancient Romans may have used a medical treatment involving perfume... and human feces.

Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence that poop was used medicinally more than two thousand years ago.

In the storage rooms of a museum in western Turkey, an archaeologist noticed an unexpected residue inside a small Roman glass vessel. Dark-brown flakes still clung to the interior. Researchers have ...

Archaeologists in Turkey say they have uncovered evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments, according ...

The vial, also known as an unguentarium, is commonly believed to have held perfumes or cosmetic oils. A new chemical analysis ...

Ancient Greco-Roman texts discuss the use of excrement in medicine, but this is the first direct evidence we've found that ...

DNA analysis of 1,100 to 1,300-year-old dried human feces has provided insights into the pathogens that afflicted ancient Mexican people. The team led by Indiana University in the US analyzed ten ...