The public baths of Pompeii were social hubs of the city—places to gossip, relax, and wash. But for much of their early history, you might have been cleaner before you stepped in. New research ...

A "huge" public bath area from the Roman era has been discovered in Spain in "excellent" condition. Archaeologists made the discovery in the city of Mérida—capital of the Extremadura region in the ...

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) ...

Roman mosaics date back to the Bronze Age, and a new one has just been discovered at the Roman Baths in Bath, England. Wikimedia During excavations to prepare for the expansion of the area accessible ...

It is remarkable what, with enough ingenuity, can be gleaned from the most unpromising of materials – such as Roman limescale. That’s what a team based in Germany has been studying, and they have used ...

An official recently highlighted that the 2,000-year-old Roman bathhouse Basilica Therma in Turkey‘s Yozgat region is near completion with its vast landscape renovation. Also known as the “King’s ...