New York is about as cosmopolitan as it gets, and it can be hard to imagine any service or facility the city is lacking. But the opening of Aire Ancient Baths on March 15 makes me wonder, what did ...

It was popular to use herbal mixtures and essential oils in a Roman caldarium, according to experts. Photo by CMM Arqueología Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered a 2,000-year-old Roman sauna-like ...

Although dedicating much of the treatise to construction and materials, book VIII is about water: how to capture and store water and the architectural constructions that serve this purpose. Water was ...

The world-famous Roman Baths are home to a diverse range of microorganisms which could be critical in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance, a new study suggests. The research, published ...

I met my husband Ben through friends of ours playing matchmaker. We were each shown the other’s photo before connecting on Facebook. We talked for months, had a few dates and the rest is history. Ben ...

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Group of Lebanese designers have transformed ancient site with installation exhibition that explores water, memory and healing in open-air gallery ...

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Ever go swimming with rings on your fingers or hoops in your ears only to find your jewelry had vanished after your dip? If so, you've got something in common with ancient Romans. A new study of ...

In southwestern England there is a natural site that was once ruled by an Iron Age people known as the Dobunni. Here is found the only hot water springs in England, bringing mineral-laden water from ...