Many of the apartment's fixtures -- the iron bathtub, the ancient toilet -- are those Oswald knew.
Although he replaced (with some regret) the ancient toilet and installed a marble-lined, Turkish bathhouse-style shower, Mr. Sommerset mostly left things as they were.
The group show includes artist Nance Klehm's S(h) it-in compost toilet, modeled on ancient Roman toilets, and Kathleen McCarthy's Antechamber, which explores the movement of people within public space.
Ancient Roman Toilets -- Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, associate professor of classical studies at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., studies water, latrines and sewers of Roman times.
It was used in the ancient Mediterranean for toilet purposes and for anointing the bodies of the dead, being then buried with them.
The smoke had got in here, of course, but it was mixed with the odors of ancient cooking, burned coffee, toilets, sickness, decay.
"This latest research on the prevalence of ancient parasites suggests that Roman toilets, sewers and sanitation laws had no clear benefit to public health.
So, let's get Barbie a new wardrobe, adjust those Girl Scout activities (that should have happened years ago) and get ready for the resurrection of ancient debates about sex, showers, toilets, the nurturer, etc. Remember, the U.S. Military seldom practices the democracy it defends.
In some summers, when we visited my great grand parents in a village practically owned by them, the toilets were even more ancient in which a basket full of feces needed to be cleaned by the untouchables.
The master suite has a raised hot tub and a marble fireplace; not to mention, in the bathroom, a toilet encased in a throne and wallpaper featuring ancient Greek revelers engaged in a variety of -- ahem -- ancient Greek activities.
