Going beyond leisure and luxury, this detailed account examines the economic, environmental, and medical realities of Roman bathing culture. It traces fuel consumption, boiler systems, solar heating, ...

Archaeologists uncovered an ancient bath complex below the streets of a German city dating back to the Roman Empire. The discovery came during the construction of a new fountain in Neumarkt, located ...

This in-depth historical overview explores Roman public baths as complex social, architectural, and engineering institutions. It explains how baths were designed around frigidaria, tepidaria, and ...

Restoration work on a centuries-old canal in Wales revealed what’s believed to be an ancient Roman bathing complex. Restoration work on a centuries-old canal in Wales has been halted after ...

A well-preserved ancient Roman bath complex has emerged from the sands of a beach in southern Spain. The researchers from the University of Cádiz (UCA) found well-preserved Roman baths with walls more ...

Standing in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago. Today, the bare shell of what was one of Rome's ...

T.S. Elliott famously said April is the cruelest month. For me, it's August — at least this year. It's hard to say what, exactly, put me over the edge this August. There were a number of culprits: ...

Care to take a bath in Bath? That’s not a strange question, actually. Since ancient times, residents and visitors in Bath, England, have been taking a dip in its restorative (and once-believed sacred) ...

Chemical records preserved in Pompeii’s public baths show how polluted well water shaped Roman bathing before aqueducts arrived.

Archaeologists in Toledo, Spain, uncovered buried ruins of a Roman bath house and will reopen the site to the public. Photos show the large complex. Photo from the Toledo Consortium Once filled with ...

View post: Unbearable Betrayal? Pepsi Hijacks Coke’s Polar Bear for 2026 Super Bowl Commercial Eight years after beginning excavations in southeastern Spain, an archaeological crew has uncovered a ...