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Bath House of Karanis
Balneum
BathAegyptus · Kom Aushim, Fayum, EgyptBuilt 150 CE
Not standing in 117 CE
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Karanis's Roman bath held a large plastered room with a brick bench running around the walls and a smaller alcove holding the tub itself, its painted wall decoration still visible when excavators uncovered it. Public baths were a hallmark of Roman provincial life, reaching even a farming village deep in the Faiyum. Its construction is generally placed in the second century CE, most likely after Trajan's reign in 117 CE. The dry site preserved its roof and painted plaster far better than most Roman baths anywhere in the empire.
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