随着新冠肺炎疫情在全球蔓延,多个国家出现了卫生纸抢购风潮。至于人们为啥会囤卫生纸,目前也没人能解释清楚。不过,这倒是激起了我们的好奇心,在没有卫生纸的古代,人们是怎么解决如厕卫生问题的呢?
Using the bathroom has come a long way from when ancient Greeks used stones and pieces of clay for personal hygiene. Toilet paper is one of those things that often gets taken for granted in modern times. This is definitely one of those unavoidable things in life, so through many centuries and in many cultures, everyone had their own method of staying clean.
从古希腊人用石头和粘土块作为个人卫生用品到今天的洗手间,这中间有很长的发展历程。现代人理所当然地认为如厕就应该用卫生纸。这绝对是生活中不可缺少的东西之一。许多世纪以来,不同文化的人都有自己保持清洁的方法。
Ancient Romans were a bit more sophisticated than the Greeks when it came to cleansing: They opted for a sponge on the end of a long stick that was shared by everyone in the community. When not in use, that stick stayed in a bucket of heavily salted seawater in the communal bathroom. The public facilities were also equipped with a long marble bench with holes carved out for—well, you know what they were carved out for—and holes at the front for your sponge-on-a-stick to slide through. Romans didn’t have dividing walls, either
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