[SatinDoll]

As I was reading this article, it suddenly struck me how important baths were in ancient cities. Maybe that was the impetus of most civilization...getting clean and staying that way! Or, maybe it had to do with preventing illnesses.

“... Approximately five months ago, excavations at the site where Isos is believed to be revealed ruins of baths...”

[SunkenCiv]

There’s also a strong affinity for soakin’ the tired old bones, and with mineral water there’s generally no unseen submerged predators:

Pamukkale:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamukkale
pics of same:
http://www.google.com/images?q=pammukkale&sa=X&oi=image_result_group

[af_vet_rr]

As I was reading this article, it suddenly struck me how important baths were in ancient cities. Maybe that was the impetus of most civilization...getting clean and staying that way! Or, maybe it had to do with preventing illnesses.

It had a lot to do with preventing illnesses. When you look at Europe after the Roman Empire fell, it's shocking how the sanitary conditions went backwards compared to the Romans and Greeks. The Romans knew that bathing and having running water and sewers were vital when you crammed a lot of people into a small area.

[luvbach1]

As I was reading this article, it suddenly struck me how important baths were in ancient cities. Maybe that was the impetus of most civilization...getting clean and staying that way! Or, maybe it had to do with preventing illnesses.

Maybe it was because they liked getting "nekkid" together.

[JoeProBono]