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Largest Roman bathhouse in the Netherlands excavated in Nijmegen
Recent development-led excavations have uncovered part of a large public bathhouse in Nijmegen (The Netherlands), ancient…
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Online lecture of the Frontinus Society: ‘Wie funktionierten die Thermen Pompejis?’ by Thomas Heide (Mainz)
On Thursday 18 June 2026 (18:00 CET), Thomas Heide will present his research on the functioning…
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Call for Papers: Animals and Thermal Landscapes
On behalf of Maddalena Bassani (Iuav University of Venice), Jacopo Tabolli (Unistrasi) and Edoardo Vanni (Unistrasi).…
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Ptolemaic-period tholos bath discovered in Alexandria
Excavations in the centre of Alexandria have brought to light the remains of a Ptolemaic-period tholos…
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New project: BALNEa – Baths’ Architecture in Late Antique Sicily
A Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellowship on Economic and Energy Sustainability of Late Antique Baths in…
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New publication: Hippos (Sussita) of the Decapolis: The Civic Basilica and the Southern Bathhouse
Dr Arleta Kowalewska, a research fellow at the Zinman Institute of Archaeology of the University of…
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Recent discoveries: new baths in Baiae and Ilici, and a new mosaic of sandals
This summer saw significant archaeological findings related to ancient baths. Discoveries include submerged baths in Baiae,…
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The Suburban Baths of Herculaneum to open to the public
The Parco Archeologico di Ercolano announced the exceptional opening to the public of the Suburban Baths.…
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Hellenistic Phoenician Bathing and a Roman Fountain House at Tel Dan?
A few months ago, a new article was released in the journal Levant, publishing a Hellenistic…
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Call for references for Hubertus Manderscheid’s next ‘Bath Bibliography’
Our esteemed colleague and member of the BATH advisory board, dr. Hubertus Manderscheid, invites all scholars…
