How Did Ancient Humans Wipe? (No Toilet Paper)

How did ancient humans go to the toilet? The ancient history of toilets: ancient toilets, Roman toilets, ancient Rome, ancient hygiene, toilet paper history, medieval toilets and the gong farmer, history explained. In this video, we explore: ▸ Ephesus: 48 marble seats, no walls, no doors ▸ The oldest known human poop, left by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago ▸ Skara Brae and the brick drains of Mohenjo-daro ▸ Roman public latrines and the sponge on a stick ▸ Greek pottery pebbles, and wiping with your enemy's name ▸ Vespasian's urine tax and "money doesn't stink" ▸ Chinese pig toilets, Silk Road hygiene sticks and the first toilet paper ▸ Castle garderobes, gong farmers and the Groom of the Stool ▸ "Gardyloo", the first flush toilet and the Great Stink of 1858 Chapters: 0:00 Intro: toilets with no walls 0:44 Before toilets 1:29 The first indoor toilets 1:47 Plumbing in the Indus Valley 2:17 Roman public latrines 2:58 The sponge on a stick 3:21 Greek pebbles and ostraka 3:46 Vespasian's urine tax 4:25 Chinese pig toilets 4:47 Silk Road hygiene sticks 5:14 The invention of toilet paper 5:43 Castle garderobes 6:02 Gong farmers 6:33 The Groom of the Stool 6:54 Chamber pots and "gardyloo" 7:20 The first flush toilet 7:49 The Great Stink 8:18 Your bathroom tonight Old Bones Explained: how ancient humans did the everyday things you never think about. 📚 Sources: Sistiaga et al. (2014), "The Neanderthal meal: a new perspective using faecal biomarkers", PLOS ONE Historic Environment Scotland, Skara Brae Jansen (1989), "Water Supply and Sewage Disposal at Mohenjo-daro", World Archaeology Koloski-Ostrow (2015), "The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy", UNC Press Charlier et al. (2012), "Toilet hygiene in the classical era", BMJ Suetonius, "Life of Vespasian" 23 Yeh et al. (2016), "Early evidence for travel with infectious diseases along the Silk Road", Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Tsien (1985), "Paper and Printing", in Needham, "Science and Civilisation in China", Vol. 5 Part 1 Historic UK, "Groom of the Stool" Halliday (1999), "The Great Stink of London", Sutton #ancienthistory #history #toilet