The alter that was used in the main temple.
These are the original temple stairs! They were excavated in 19881 and the museum is built around them.
Part of the floor to somewhere... I don't remember where. Sorry.
This is the mini bath. It is a 'pool' actually. It is the like real natural hot spring. It bubbles! It would be less cool if it was warmer outside and the steam wasn't present. I wish the bubbles would have shown up. But the bubbling, hot pool was the reason this particular bath was considered holy. They thought that it was a work of the gods and that the water was to be revered as a place between life and death. That souls could travel through this hot spring. Offerings were made to this pool of water. The water is believed now to be heated by a natural mineral deposit flow of some sort that is seeping up to the top through the fault line that runs through Bath.
The alter that was used in the main temple.
These are the original temple stairs! They were excavated in 19881 and the museum is built around them.
Part of the floor to somewhere... I don't remember where. Sorry.
This is the mini bath. It is a 'pool' actually. It is the like real natural hot spring. It bubbles! It would be less cool if it was warmer outside and the steam wasn't present. I wish the bubbles would have shown up. But the bubbling, hot pool was the reason this particular bath was considered holy. They thought that it was a work of the gods and that the water was to be revered as a place between life and death. That souls could travel through this hot spring. Offerings were made to this pool of water. The water is believed now to be heated by a natural mineral deposit flow of some sort that is seeping up to the top through the fault line that runs through Bath.
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