When did people start using baths? Detailed answer

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When did people start using baths?

Today we are proud of the achieved level of cleanliness. Almost every home has a bath or shower. But there was a time when, in the United States, there were more radios in homes than there were bathtubs. And although we pride ourselves on our cleanliness, we have never given baths so much care and reverence as people did in antiquity.

in the very center of Rome, occupying an area of almost a square mile, the baths of Caracalla were located - the most luxurious of all known baths. There was a swimming pool, a warm bath, a shower, a room with hot air. And not only! People who came to the baths could visit the library, restaurant, theater. Wealthy Romans took a bath in special bathtubs or pools, and not just splashed in the water. They filled the baths with the best wines and cosmetics, even milk!

But long before the Romans, people bathed for pleasure and health, as reported by the documents that have come down to us. Bathing in the river was the easiest and most common way to wash. But the people of ancient Crete built a place where they could take a bath in running water. The ancient Jews had a ritual of washing on special occasions.

By the III century BC. e. almost every large Greek city had at least one public bath. At the same time, the wealthy classes built private baths and swimming pools right at home. In the troubled times of the Middle Ages, people were more ignorant and, accordingly, dirty. They didn't care much about keeping clean.

When the crusaders discovered Palestine, they were very surprised that the Muslim religion had a ritual of washing at a certain time of the day, before prayer. They tried to introduce regular bathing procedures in Europe when they returned from the campaigns, but they were not very successful in this. It wasn't until about 100 years ago that people began to understand the importance of washing regularly.

Author: Likum A.

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