In Ancient Egypt, around 3100 BC, having an indoor toilet showed a wealthy status. … There was no toilet paper in Roman times – they used a sponge on a stick instead! When the Middle Ages rolled around, people used fast flowing rivers to carry waste away to avoid the trouble of digging out a sewage system.
Moreover, what was the original paper used in ancient Egypt?
Papyrus
Similarly, who used toilet first? The first modern flushable toilet was described in 1596 by Sir John Harington, an English courtier and the godson of Queen Elizabeth I. Harington’s device called for a 2-foot-deep oval bowl waterproofed with pitch, resin and wax and fed by water from an upstairs cistern.