Last year, excavations of a sprawling residence in Pompeii revealed an ornate banquet room decorated with frescoes depicting ...

In total 30 people could do a full bathing and steaming routine before a banquet, which was the typical order of an important ...

But Pompeii is "the gift that just keeps on giving". The bathhouse has been described in the sort of language reserved for modern luxury holiday resorts. It housed "hot, warm, and cold rooms" and ...

A large private bath complex from 2,000 years ago has been discovered in Pompeii. Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ...

decorated with scenes from Greek mythology. A central courtyard with a large basin adds to the splendour of the house, which is believed to have been owned by a member of Pompeii's elite in its ...

Credit: Parco archeologico di Pompeii Director Gabriel Zuchtriegel emphasizes that ... The domus’s decorations provide a glimpse into the luxury of the era. In the peristyle, scenes of athletes and ...

The walls of the bathhouse are decorated with mosaics that depict scenes from the Trojan War Credit: Splash News The bath house was remarkably well-preserved Credit: Pompeii Archeological Park ...

The Pompeii spa, which could accommodate 30 people ... which was further accentuated by the athletic scenes added later,” he added. “And so the audience, grateful and hungry, would have ...

director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park. Zuchtriegel said the layout recalled scenes from the Roman novel "The Satyricon", where banquets and baths were central to displays of wealth and status.

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