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Ancient Roman bath complex found on beach in southern Spain
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| 5/21/2021
| Zamira Rahim and Vasco Cotovio, CNN
Posted on 06/08/2021 6:45:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/08/2021 6:45:21 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
It's always nice to have the snacks near the pool.
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posted on
06/08/2021 6:45:57 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
In other news, bathhouse in San Francisco from the 80s granted Landmark status
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posted on
06/08/2021 6:49:21 PM PDT
by
algore
To: SunkenCiv
That’s a fascinating area of Spain. Two years ago, I spent several days in Cádiz and then drove around to some of these areas. Roman stuff everywhere…heck, Phoenician stuff everywhere.
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posted on
06/08/2021 6:50:31 PM PDT
by
livius
To: SunkenCiv
Is that a sword under your toga or are you just here to poke me big boy?
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posted on
06/08/2021 6:51:09 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
To: SunkenCiv
The Roman’s got around.
They set up vineyards in Britain.
Warmer times.
Back when global warming wasn’t caused by factories but by human’s breathing too heavy!!!
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posted on
06/08/2021 7:03:26 PM PDT
by
lizma2
To: Clemenza
“Caesar! Who made the salad?”
“Me, Seven Seas, and your mother!”
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posted on
06/08/2021 7:03:43 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
If I recall, Romans at one point put a high value on cleanliness and they believed sweating a lot was a means of deep cleansing. Thus they put fires underneath the floors of the baths to make them into saunas.
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posted on
06/08/2021 7:24:06 PM PDT
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: livius
I lived in Cadiz for about a year. There are remains of a roman settlement nearby called Italica. It was a thriving settlement where even an emperor (Trajan) was born but for whatever reason was abandoned and nobody ever built there again so it's pretty well intact (well, foundations and mosaics and stuff like that, the roofs and walls are mostly gone. When I was there in the 90s you just of drove to it, parked and walked in. maybe had to pay 100 pesetas or something like that, which was like 50 cents at the time. There were no guards, no boundaries or fences, and basically I was all alone, hardly any tourists. You could just sit on a fallen column and look at totally intact ancient mosaics still just sitting there in the ground.
I've been to lots of roman ruins but that place was a favorite because the setting is beautiful and peaceful, there was hardly anyone there, it was ridiculously accessible, and the mosaics and ruins (including and amphitheater) were just very cool.
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posted on
06/08/2021 7:25:00 PM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: SunkenCiv
More of my ancestors...a Roman soldier or 2 in ancient Jolly Olde England...
probably why I love Italy...feel right at home...
To: SunkenCiv
They should be careful, all of those bath salts, could be flesh eating “zombies” in the area
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posted on
06/08/2021 7:47:19 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
To: Tell It Right
>>and they believed sweating a lot was a means of deep cleansing
I believe it does help detox
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posted on
06/08/2021 7:48:08 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
To: pepsi_junkie
That sounds like it was a great experience!
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posted on
06/08/2021 7:52:02 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clintons)
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posted on
06/08/2021 7:58:56 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
To: a fool in paradise
I believe it does help detox Perhaps that's why I spend an hour in the hot tub every morning.
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posted on
06/08/2021 8:00:52 PM PDT
by
usurper
( version )
To: SunkenCiv
Think of the resort Trump could turn that place into!
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posted on
06/08/2021 8:16:30 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: SunkenCiv
I was able to see the Roman Colosseum in Tunisia. It was in much better shape than the Collosseum in Rome. I bet this Roman bath was used for the same purposes as the baths in Pompeii.
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posted on
06/08/2021 8:25:46 PM PDT
by
jonrick46
( Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
To: pepsi_junkie
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posted on
06/08/2021 8:40:26 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
To: 21twelve
Oops. Scrolling down I see that they sell tickets now, or perhaps that is for a special tour to see where they filmed or something. $30 euros??
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posted on
06/08/2021 8:42:40 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
To: 21twelve
Double oops. That is for a “guided tour”. Entrance is free if you are European. $1.50 euros if not!
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posted on
06/08/2021 8:44:28 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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