This ritual was so entrenched in daily life that, to many citizens, it was nothing less than a symbol of Rome itself. To Romans, the baths proved that they were cleaner – and therefore better ...

File under "W+G trivia": The first Roman and Greek bathhouses—where sacred ritual baths became a thing—were so large, they included lecture halls and art galleries. That might make your 50-sq ...

JERUSALEM, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A 2,000-year-old ritual bath was discovered recently inside Jerusalem's Western Wall tunnels, the Israel Antiquities Authority said. In a statement released Wednesday ...

Bantwal Bantwal, July 24: Despite continuous rainfall, devotees flocked to prominent temples in Bantwal taluk on Thursday to ...

Home; World News; Features Embracing the ritual of a Japanese bath. To visit Japan without experiencing an onsen is "the equivalent of going to Hawaii and not visiting a beach" ...

Volunteers harvested more than 3 tons of ice from the pond for the mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath, at Beth Israel Synagogue at 291 Main St. in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel ...