"First Century Dry Sauna"

Masada National Park - Judean Desert - Israel - November 2006

@ ISO 400, f/4

Been to reserve duty, hence my lack of posting here...

Back to Masada, we are in the bath section. Baths were an important part of the daily agenda back at the days of the Roman empire. This part of the Caldarium display the double floor architecture (Hypocaust) which hot air was passing through the space in between and created the effect of what we know today as the Dry Sauana.

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