ANCIENT Romans used human poo to treat common ailments, archaeologists have revealed. The grim discovery is the first direct evidence that the ancient civilisation really was keeping human faeces ...

The study of a 1,900-year-old vial found in Pergamon suggests that the Romans used feces as medicine, and thyme to mask the ...

A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.

A small Roman glass flask, forgotten for centuries in the soil of Pergamon, one of the great medical centers of the ancient ...

Physicians of the Roman empire had a knack for making remedies from an assortment of components from various animals, ...

Pergamon’s setting strengthens the interpretation. The city was closely tied to the sanctuary of Asclepius and long had a reputation for healing. The Asklepion at Pergamon became one of antiquity’s ...

This practice reflects the Romans' resourcefulness in using available materials for medicine, despite modern views on hygiene ...

Chemical analysis shows a Roman flask held compound medicine, offering first proof of roman flask medical feces described in ...