Stool transplants are cutting-edge experimental procedures, but using poop as medicine is hardly a modern idea. Ancient ...

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

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

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 2,000 years ago.

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

Do as the Romans doo? It’s not just plumbing that the ancient Italians pioneered. Turkish scientists have found a 1,900-year-old Roman vial that could provide the first concrete evidence of human poop ...

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

Archaeologists analyzing a vial from Turkey have found the first physical evidence that ancient civilization used human feces ...