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A large well and bathing platforms at Harappa, remains of the city's final phase of occupation from 2200 to 1900 BC The bathroom-toilet structure of the ruler's house, on Lothal's acropolis c. 2350 BC Bathing platform and communal drain, Lothal's acropolis, c. 2350 BC Well, and drain, Lothal's acropolis, c. 2350 BC
Several courtyard houses had both a washing platform and a dedicated toilet/waste disposal hole. The toilet holes would be flushed by emptying a jar of water, drawn from the house's central well, through a clay brick pipe, and into a shared brick drain, that would feed into an adjacent soak pit . The soak pits would be periodically emptied of ...
A vault toilet is a non-flush toilet with a sealed container (or vault) buried in the ground to receive the excreta, all of which is contained underground until it is removed by pumping. A vault toilet is distinguished from a pit latrine because the waste accumulates in the vault instead of seeping into the underlying soil.
In Japan, the toilet sometimes has a built-in sink (whose waste water is used for the next flush) to allow users to clean themselves immediately. [35] Japanese toilets also often provide special slippers—apart from those worn in the rest of the house—for use within the toilet. [34] [36] [37]
Archaeologists discovered 11 toilets (not pictured) dating back to the mid-1800s, along with artifacts. Teams sifted through 5-foot deep pits, finding a cow bone , a shell and a pocket watch ...
Roman citizens came to expect high standards of hygiene, and the army was also well provided with latrines and bath houses, or thermae. Aqueducts were used everywhere in the empire not just to supply drinking water for private houses but to supply other needs such as irrigation, public fountains, and thermae. Indeed, many of the provincial ...
This series explores aspects of America that may soon be just a memory -- some to be missed, some gladly left behind. From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America.
One bathroom had a non-functioning toilet, then the second bathroom toilet stopped working in August. ... On Aug. 26, when she spoke to the USA Today network, she was still in the house. "They did ...