You step into the bathroom, do your business, flush the toilet, wash up and leave. The sequence of actions is habitual — mundane, really. You probably only think about your toilet when it doesn’t ...

Archeologists in China have found the remains of what may be the world’s oldest known flush toilet. Broken parts of the 2,400-year-old lavatory, as well as a bent flush pipe, were unearthed last ...

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The toilet was found in the Shaanxi province's Yueyang City Ruins and was likely used by high-ranking officials during the early years of China's first unified empire. When you purchase through links ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of two palace buildings in Yueyang City stumbled on the oldest flush toilet ever found, photos show. Photo from the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy ...