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Baths and bathing in classical antiquity.

YEGÜL, Fikret K. (1941 – )

Publication Details

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996 CE.

Reviews and analyzes the structure, function, and design of baths, seeking to integrate their architecture with the wider social and cultural custom of bathing, and examining in particular the changes this custom underwent in Late Antiquity and in Byzantine and Islamic cultures.

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Medieval
Africa & Middle East
Public Health
Zoology & Animal Sciences
Historiography & General Works

Thematic Classifications

ANCIENT MEDICINE › History of Ancient Medicine & Biology ANCIENT MEDICINE › Late Antiquity BYZANTINE MEDICINE › History of Byzantine Medicine Hygiene › History of Hygiene ISLAMIC OR ARAB MEDICINE › History of Islamic or Arab Medicine PUBLIC HEALTH › History of Public Health

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#9757
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/11945
External URL	baths-and-bathing-in-classical-antiquity

Geographic Context

Publication place: Cambridge, MA