What Did People Use Before Toilet Paper?
Because inquiring minds want to know: In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, toilet paper was nearly as hard to come by as personal protective equipment. Though toilet paper has existed in the Western world since at least the 16th century A.D. and in China since the second century B.C., billions of people don’t use toilet paper even today. In earlier times, toilet paper was even more scarce. So what did ancient humans use to wipe after going to the bathroom? It can be difficult to tell using the archaeological record, said Susan Morrison, a medieval literature professor at … Read more