Several ancient sources state that Roman sewers needed manual cleaning from time to time, a job often done by city slaves or prisoners. I'd argue these urban sewer systems provided minimal ...

Several ancient sources state that Roman sewers needed manual cleaning from time to time, a job often done by city slaves or prisoners. I’d argue these urban sewer systems provided minimal ...

The discovery of the sewage system began in 2019, and since then, a complex network has been uncovered, stretching from the North city gate, through a Roman bath and a library.

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

04/19/2022 April 19, 2022. Sewer systems, underfloor heating, cement buildings: Roman inventions are standard modern-day technologies. A new exhibition celebrates the legacy of such ancient ingenuity.

Because it was so expensive, the city's plumbing system is a good proxy for Rome's fortunes. In their soil core from Ostia, Delile and his team even discovered evidence of the Roman Empire's ...

Nature - By scouring the remains of early loos and sewers, archaeologists are finding clues to what life was like in the Roman world and in other civilizations. Skip to main content Thank you for ...

The famous Roman sewers were another story. At the height of its power, Rome had to clean up after about a million people. An average adult produces about a pound of poo a day, so a 500-ton pile ...

We know they built vast sewer systems, such as the masterful Cloaca Maxima in Rome. And the gleaming Roman baths tourists still visit today present a vision of cleanliness and purity. But my research ...

Expert archaeologists discovered the sewage system in the historic city of Stratonikeia in Mugla, and have reportedly estimated that it is around 2,250 years old - dating back to ancient Roman ...

Archaeologists in Bulgaria made an unexpected discovery in an ancient Roman sewer last week: A well-preserved marble statue, taller than a man.