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| Inside the entry to the Roman Bathhouse. Notice the fresco on the ceiling. |
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| It is thought that these hollows were the Roman equivalent of lockers for those using the bathhouse. |
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| This cutaway shows the ingenious heating system for the water in the bathhouse. The hollow in the wall on the right was where there was a fire. The hot gases produced from this circulated through the spaces under the water. |
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| This was one of the cubicles in one of the brothels. (There was a street of them.) Clearly these facilities were well-used as there were deep ruts in the stones of the road leading to them. It is thought that the main clients would have been sailors. |
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| A telling fresco on the wall of the brothel. |
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| Relics dug out of the lava, and the plaster cast of a body. |
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| More of the relics. |
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| The profoundly sad plaster cast of the body of a child. |
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