Underground Roman Bath Ruins from the 3rd Century AD, near my house...

Really interesting. Thankfully when the motorway was being built the builders were smart enough to preserve the ruins.
And thanks to you Holly we get to see something not typically seen in such detail.
 

Also in the Roman Bath museum is one skeleton of a lady which was dug up 30 years after they found the baths, by archeologists. It's dated from 2 centuries earlier than the Baths, but on the same site.. so she was from the 1st Century AD... doesn't it blow your mind ?

Right here .. where I live a woman from the 1st century AD...incredible...

Also her skeleton is tiny... she was full grown woman but the skeleton is probably only 4 feet if that

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That is so cool to have something like that so nearby! Europe must be wonderful that way - so many ancient relics relatively nearby. Nice to add the human statues too, so people could have a sense of scale, time and place.

The Roman Empire, in spite of all its ingenuity, collapsed. It's also good to have reminders of that for everyone to see.
 
hollydolly said:
Also in the Roman Bath museum is one skeleton of a lady which was dug up 30 years after they found the baths, by archeologists. It's dated from 2 centuries earlier than the Baths, but on the same site.. so she was from the 1st Century AD... doesn't it blow your mind ?

Right here .. where I live a woman from the 1st century AD...incredible...

Also her skeleton is tiny... she was full grown woman but the skeleton is probably only 4 feet if that

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In some U.S. museums they have clothing from the 1800s on manquins and those female maniquins are mostly tiny - mostly all under 5 ft. tall with tiny waists. In Gone With the Wind, one of the things Scarlett O'Hara is obsessed with is maintaining her 17-inch waist throughout her life. When I read that book as a teenager I thought, "That is not possible! How could any woman, even with a corset, have such a tiny waist?"

Then, when I was an adult and went to some museums, I could see that yup, some women were very tiny in the old days so the 17-inch waist, while noteworthy, could be possible.

Even today, a "healthy" weight for a baby is still at least 5 lbs. I think that standard was established in the 1940s/50s, but most babies are way over 5 lbs. today. When you look at old Civil War pictures with Pres. Lincoln greeting the troops, he towers over almost all the men at 6'4". Now I believe about 14% to 15% of all U.S. men are 6' or taller. Lincoln would have plenty of tall company today.
 
In the Uk they say they average height for men in the UK is 5' 10 and a half... but you only have to look around to see most of our men under 40.. are over 6 feet..tall.....
 
Those are not poor quality photos. This is really fascinating. I've wondered what is out there in the world yet to be discovered or never will be. They say there is gold in California that will never be found.
 
Remy said:
Those are not poor quality photos. This is really fascinating. I've wondered what is out there in the world yet to be discovered or never will be. They say there is gold in California that will never be found.
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I agree.. despite the finds that are in our massive museums in our cities.. there still must be a lot out there still waiting to be discovered...
 
Naturally said:
@hollydolly ... was this originally underground?
It's been over 20yrs but I've been to Bath, Somerset and don't recall any part of the Roman Baths being underground.
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this is not Bath...lol.. this is a very long way from Bath.... but no, as I said in the OP... they discovered this when they went to build the motorway in 1960....so they continued building the motorway over the top... which is why it's underground..:D
 
hollydolly said:
what pain ?..the pain of a Bath ?:ROFLMAO:
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The thought of the Joke was steaming hot water and people in pain 100' underground to muffle the cries of anguish. haha
Reason for the Statue sitting above it. Waiting? Enjoying the steam?
 

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