Archaeologists in Korea have uncovered the remains of multiple flushing toilets within a 1,300-year-old palace complex. But there was one "throne" to rule them all: The crown prince got a special ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lower half of the toilet bowl, with connecting pipes to carry waste away. Archaeologists in China have discovered one of the ...

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 ...

Curiosity spikes fast when a dig meant to reveal palace walls instead exposes plumbing that looks surprisingly familiar. A team excavating ancient ruins in Xi’an uncovered a 2,400-year-old flush ...

Archaeologists in South Korea have uncovered a 1,300-year-old toilet believed to have been used by a crown prince during the Silla Dynasty (57 BCE–935 CE). The remarkable discovery, made at the site ...

It was a flush down memory lane. A 2,400-year-old flushable toilet was discovered in China’s Shaanxi province last summer and revealed this month, reported China Daily. According to experts, the ...

Archaeologists in China discovered a flush toilet that was probably among the earliest ever found, according to a report from China's state news agency. The archaeologists discovered several ...

JERUSALEM — Archaeologists in Israel discovered a toilet in an ancient Jerusalem mansion dating more than 2,700 years ago, authorities said Tuesday. Private bathrooms were considered a luxury in the ...

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(CNN) — 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 ...