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A small glass vial buried nearly two millennia ago is forcing archaeologists to confront an uncomfortable truth about ancient medicine: the Romans may have deliberately used human feces as a treatment ...

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14:49, Fri, Feb 6, 2026 Updated: 15:07, Fri, Feb 6, 2026 Archaeologists have discovered that ancient Romans utilised human excrement as a remedy for common health issues. Following the analysis of a 2 ...

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 in ...

Archaeologists have discovered that ancient Romans utilised human excrement to address everyday health problems. Following analysis of a 2,000-year-old glass container, we're now fairly confident that ...

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When some ancient Romans were feeling a little under the weather, they were treated with human feces. While this practice was mentioned in ancient Greco-Roman medical texts by figures such as Pliny ...