Beyond the grand reception halls of the Villa of Poppaea unfolds a more intimate Roman world of private baths, slave quarters, guest bedrooms, and gardens designed to master nature itself. From ...

Pompeii is well known as an iconic Roman city. But for much of its early history, it wasn’t Roman at all. It belonged to the ...

The stunning village is steeped in Roman history with fascinating bath house ruins, an award-winning pub, and a museum packed ...

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 ...

This historically significant hidden gem boasts a Roman museum, well-preserved Roman bath house ruins, and an award-winning ...

This historic village is home to centuries-old Roman ruins, a Roman museum with ancient artefacts, and an award winning pub — ...

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 ...

Before the Romans captured Pompeii, the famous town was run by the Samnite people – and a dip in their public baths might have been an unpleasant experience ...

The pre-Roman baths of Pompeii would have been seriously grotty, according to an analysis of mineral deposits.

T he ancient Romans took bathing seriously—it was a crucial facet of their daily lives, and people from a range of social rungs enjoyed dips in public baths. Romans seem to have taken sanitation ...

According to ArkeoNews, the structure was built during a flourishing period of Roman expansion when thermal baths served not merely as places for hygiene, but as centers of healing and social ...

Spend a perfect day exploring Bath, England, a city famous for its Roman history, elegant Georgian architecture, and classic local treats like Bath buns. From ancient bathhouses to scenic streets and ...