A colossal ancient sewer system, large enough for humans ... harking back to the era of ancient Roman empires. The system operates by channeling water from beneath a theatre towards a nearby ...

During recent excavations in the ancient city ... team found a sewage system starting from the north city gate, extending through the north street, west street, Roman bath, and library.

Despite this foul-smelling atmosphere, the ancient Romans are widely admired for what appears to be an enormous commitment to hygiene and public health. We know they built vast sewer systems, such as ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman sewer last week made a spectacular ... a routine dig of one of the world’s earliest sewage systems, the Cloaca Maxima, which largely functioned as ...

When the Romans invaded in AD43, they really liked Ancient ... built sewage systems and paved, straight roads that stretched right across the country to connect up all their new Roman towns.