Pompeii’s public bathing pools were filled with sweat, skin oil, urine and other bodily fluids from visitors until a Roman ...

A study of limescale buildup in an early bathing facility at Pompeii has revealed that the water was replaced only once per ...

Right after their famous roads and imposing gladiatorial arenas, the ancient Romans are perhaps best known for their public ...

It is remarkable what, with enough ingenuity, can be gleaned from the most unpromising of materials – such as Roman limescale ...

Pompeii’s famous public baths weren’t always the polished, near-sterile wellness centers we tend to imagine. A new scientific study has found strong chemical signs that some of the city’s earliest ...

Evidence indicates that the Roman public baths collapsed, according to experts. Mérida Monumental City Consortium Archaeologists in Spain unearthed well-preserved Roman public baths in the town of ...

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 ...

Roman baths in an excellent state of preservation were recently discovered in Spain, officials said. Photo from the Consortium of the Monumental City of Mérida Soaking in a hot bath is a luxurious ...

Archaeologists and students unearthed the 1,500-year-old ruins of huge semicircular room at a Roman bath complex in Aquileia, photos show. Photo from the University of Udine Digging into the stony ...

Archaeologists excavated a rare Roman military site in Villeneuve-sur-Lot and uncovered a roughly 1,900-year-old thermal bath complex, photos show. Photo from L. Destrade and Inrap Digging into the ...