Soaking in a hot bath is a luxurious activity that people have enjoyed for thousands of years including the Romans as evidenced by a recent discovery. In the ancient Roman world, where plagues ...

The Roman Baths has been welcoming visitors for almost two millennia, and in 2023 more than one million people toured its hot springs and other collections.

Zofia Matyjaszkiewicz, Collections Manager at the Roman Baths and a co-author of the new study, added: “People have visited the springs in Bath for thousands of years, worshipping at, bathing in ...

The Roman bath revival began 15 years ago in Spain, when Grupo Aire opened Aire of Sevilla in a 16th century palace, once home to actual Roman baths. Their concept was “to restore ancient ...

The Roman Baths is a site in Bath, Somerset consisting of natural geothermal spring water surrounded by Roman buildings. The hot mineral springs bubble up from the ground at temperatures well ...

They are one of Britain's foremost ancient monuments and attract as many people as Stone Henge. But visitors who choose to drop in to Bath's Roman Baths today will find them empty.

Far from the Roman bath model of equal access to hygiene facilities, rec centers today focus too heavily on recreation services over access to resources for personal hygiene.

As the Roman Empire spread across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, the baths followed, bringing daily civilization to millions of people. Inside the Thermae Most bath complexes were Thermae.