You never know what you’re going to find in the privy. That’s what Melissa and Matt Dunphy discovered in 2016 after they bought the former Grasso’s Magic Theatre in Old City with plans to transform it ...

You can find a lot of things at the bottom an old outhouse, including local history. You can find a lot of things at the bottom an old outhouse, including local history. Adventures in Privy Digging ...

To be a privy digger in Philadelphia is to be part excavator, part flea market authority, and part pirate. First, you must be ...

A small group of amateur archaeologists in Philadelphia are digging into the city’s past — by excavating ancient outhouses.

Apr. 26—LEWISBURG — You never know what's sitting just below the surface, waiting to be rediscovered. The Union County Historical Society is about to find out what's underneath the brick and dirt in ...

In the 18th and 19th centuries in Philadelphia, people did their “business” in the outhouse located in the yard or alley adjacent to their dwelling. Since there was no regular trash collection, they ...

LEWISBURG — Master ceramicist Robert Lee will be performing another privy dig at the Union County Historical Society Gallery, 15 N. Water St., Lewisburg, today through Sunday. The public is invited to ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- Workers digging at the Paul Revere house in the city's North End believe they may have found an archaeological jackpot that could give them a unique window into history--the Revere ...

LEWISBURG — The Union County Historical Society will host a privy dig at the gallery at 15 N. Water St. in Lewisburg in September. Robert Lee, a veteran of more than 400 archaeological “privy digs,” ...