In the storage rooms of a museum in western Turkey, an archaeologist noticed an unexpected residue inside a small Roman glass ...

A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.

At a shocking 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide, this coprolite is the largest intact piece of ...

Researchers analyzed proteins extracted from "How to Cure and Expel All Afflictions and Illnesses of the Human Body" and "A ...

Physicians of the Roman empire had a knack for making remedies from an assortment of components from various animals, ...