In this post we would like to share a few recent publications and upcoming conference presentations related to ancient baths and bathing.

1. Cohen-Weinberger A., Paran N.-S. and Taxel I. 2024, Roman-period trade in ceramic building materials on the Levantine Mediterranean coast: evidence from a farmstead site near Ashqelon/Ascalon, Israel, Journal of Roman Archaeology (firstview)—on the farmstead bathhouse of Khirbat Khaur el-Bak, slightly north of Ashqelon.
2. Blanke L., Bangsgaard P., McPhillips S., Pappalardo R. and Penn T. 2024, Down the drain: reconstructing social practice from the content of two sewers in a Late Antique bathhouse in Jerash, Jordan, Journal of Roman Archaeology (firstview)—on the Central Baths of Jerash/Gerasa.
3. During the upcoming 29th-31st August 2024 European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting in Rome a few presentations related to studies of ancient baths are planned: on 29th August at 11:30 by Steffen Bauer and Roland Prien Digitalizing Archaeological Monuments in 3D – Capturing the Imperial Roman Baths of Trier in High Detail, on 29th August at 14:30 by Marta De Pari The Baths of Villa dei Quintili: Archaeoseismology and Wall Stratigraphy, on 30th August at 14:45 by Lemonia Ragia and Dorina Moullou Advancing Excavation Mapping: Integrating Terrestial Photogrammetry, LIDAR, and UAV Data for the Roman Bath Complex in Rafina, Attica, Greece, on 30th August at 15:00 by Maria de Palma et al. Health and Hygiene in al-Andalus. Considerations on a Private Bath in Mertola (Portugal), on 31st August at 14:15 by Arleta Kowalewska Ceramic Building Materials in the Bathhouses of the Southern Levant, on 31st August at 14:30 by Basak Kalfa-Atakli Survival and Adaptation: Bath-Gymnasium Complexes in Late Antique Asia Minor.
4. Last, we share links to two popular science bath-related posts published in the last year in the Ancient Near East Today: Baths of the Roman and Byzantine Southern Levant: Roman Ideas and Local Interpretations, by Arleta Kowalewska and Craig A. Harvey, and Jewish Experiences in the Roman Bathhouses of Judaea/Syria Palaestina by Yaron Z. Eliav.