That ain't perfume! Ancient bottle contained feces, likely used for medicine

Researchers scraped residue from ancient Roman bottles and discovered what may have been a medical concoction.

Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence that poop was used medicinally more than two thousand years ago.

(Image credit: Ilker Demirbolat (left); Atila Cenker (right))