How did people stay clean in the Middle Ages without modern plumbing or hygiene products? In this video, we explore the surprisingly complex world of medieval cleanliness – from public bathhouses and ...

Nowadays, we can take a bath every hour if we want, with countless hygiene products available in stores. However, people in the Middle Ages could only dream of such luxuries and often had to rely on ...

Far from living in constant filth, medieval people developed routines, regulations and even public infrastructure to manage ...

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Medieval faeces discovered at an ancient castle in Cyprus has revealed that the Crusaders suffered from a bad case of the worms, and had poor hygiene habits. Researchers from the ...