NB! · Archaeology · Mores

Behind the wall of a city reservoir, a Roman lavatory has been found, with long benches pierced with holes for the relief of nature facing one another across the room

Archaeology · Mores · Humour

Water supply and sewers of Chersonesos and the account of its capture by Prince Vladimir

As is well known, lavatories in Rome were a place for public gatherings, and people came there not merely to crap, but also to discuss the main news of the city and pick up the gossip. The lavatories were situated near the baths or the aqueduct: beneath the stone bench-

NB! · London · Mores

The Victorian London Cab

Medieval miniature: above, a man and a woman hold stones over a mountain; below, they embrace amid flames.

NB! · Mores · Humour

Medieval belief in male and female flints that produce fire when joined

In the Middle Ages, it was believed that the stones used for striking fire came in male and female kinds. You are in no danger so long as they stay apart, but the moment they are joined, flames break out.

NB! · Archive · Mores · Society · Ethnography

Behind the wall of a city reservoir, a Roman lavatory has been found, with long benches pierced with holes for the relief of nature facing one another across the room

Water supply and sewers of Chersonesos and the account of its capture by Prince Vladimir

The Victorian London Cab

Medieval belief in male and female flints that produce fire when joined

Tolerance and Racism in the Countries of the Americas: The Caste System as Recorded in a Mexican Codex