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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the ancient city of Pergamon in western Turkey. - Berkan Cetin/Anadolu/Getty Images Researchers in Turkey say they have ...

Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence ...

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 ...

Stool transplants are cutting-edge experimental procedures, but using poop as medicine is hardly a modern idea. Ancient Romans knew their… feces – or at least they liked to think they did. According ...

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

(CNN) — Researchers in Turkey say they have unearthed archaeological evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments. Although Roman texts described the practice, this is the first ...