Experts are using high-tech methods to decipher the cursive Latin writing inside.

Archaeologists excavating a group of medieval latrines in the German city of Paderborn have uncovered an unexpected treasure: ...

An ‘exceptionally well-preserved’ notebook pulled from a late Middle Ages latrine was found alongside silk scraps believed to ...

Archaeologists have discovered a very well preserved medieval notebook inside a German toilet! Scientists were surprised to find the notebook - made of leather, wood and wax - in such good condition.

Archaeologists working beneath a construction site in Paderborn, Germany, have pulled one of the most unexpectedly ...

If you've ever stared in dismay as your phone slips out of your grasp and into the gaping white throat of your toilet, don't ...

EADaily, May 16th, 2026. In a medieval toilet in Germany, archaeologists have found a unique notebook and silk products that could serve as toilet paper. This is reported by the Polish radio station ...

Learn how a notebook filled with handwritten notes survived inside a medieval latrine in Germany, and how the book could shed ...

Restorer Susanne Bretzel holds the wax notebook in her hands. Credit: LWL-Archaeology for Westphalia/E. Daood During the archaeological work linked to the construction of the new administrative ...

In Paderborn, Germany, history has become a lot more real. Archaeologists found a wax notebook in a 13th-century latrine that was preserved in perfect condition. It's like "Stars, They're Like Us" for ...