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The caldarium at Hamat Gader, Israel. Artist: Samuel Magal

The caldarium at Hamat Gader, Israel. A caldarium was a room with a hot plunge bath, used in a Roman bath complex. In the caldarium there would be a bath of hot water sunk into the floor and there was sometimes even a laconicum - a hot, dry area where sweating would be induced. Hamat Gader was widely known as a recreation site in Roman times.

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Title:

The caldarium at Hamat Gader, Israel. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption:

The caldarium at Hamat Gader, Israel. A caldarium was a room with a hot plunge bath, used in a Roman bath complex. In the caldarium there would be a bath of hot water sunk into the floor and there was sometimes even a laconicum - a hot, dry area where sweating would be induced. Hamat Gader was widely known as a recreation site in Roman times.

Credit:

Album / Samuel Magal / Sites & Photos / Heritage Images

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Image size:

4323 x 3242 px | 40.1 MB

Print size:

36.6 x 27.4 cm | 14.4 x 10.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

2ND CENTURY • ANCIENT ROME • ARCHAEOLOGY • ARCHEOLOGY • ARCHITECTURE • BATHING • BATHS • BUILDING • BUILDINGS • CALDARIUM • CENTURY • COLOR • COLOUR • COUNTRY • HAMAT GADER • HOLY LAND • ISRAEL • ISRAELI • LOCATION • MIDDLE EAST • PHOTOGRAPH • PUBLIC BATHS • REFLECTION • RUIN • RUINED • RUINS