Archeologists in China uncovered a flush toilet that is likely one of the oldest ever discovered, China's state news agency reported earlier this week.
A toilet bowl, other broken parts, and a pipe that led to an outdoor pit were discovered last summer. The"luxury object" would likely have only been used by high-ranking members of the palace found in China's Shaanxi province, Liu Rui, a member of the excavation team,He added it was that servants would have had to pour water into the toilet bowl every time it was used.
"It is the first and only flush toilet to be ever unearthed in China. Everybody at the site was surprised, and then we all burst into laughter," Liu told the paper.The larger archeological dig at the palace adds"great value to the study of the layout of the capitals" of the ancient dynasties, the Institute
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