With the premiere of ‘The Gilded Age’ season 3, take the opportunity to brush up on the architectural style that became ...

Wealthy families distributed mourning rings featuring the deceased's initials, death date, and sometimes locks of hair as ...

Rare heraldic tiles were recently discovered under wooden floors at former Basilian monastery in Chełm, Poland, offering a ...

Zias, published in the journal Levant, reveals how ancient Phoenicians may have incorporated cleansing into their religious ...

The Bathing House in Howick usually has a two-year waiting list - but a last-minute cancellation means the 'breathtaking' ...

We often take our access to good plumbing and a vast selection of cleaning products for granted, not knowing that they were ...

The 18th-century monarch knew that prosperity of the ... the importance of purity in every walk of life. She wrote, “Bathing purifies the body, meditation purifies the mind, and charity purifies ...

At the Orange County Historical Museum, a new exhibit was featured this year revolving around beauty in the 18th century. Catie Atkinson, the site manager of the Orange County Historical Museum ...

By the 18th century, the town saw a remarkable transformation ... of spa towns such as Bath and Harrogate. A new trend of sea-bathing then emerged, which was believed to have health benefits.