The Roman Baths in Bath

I still can't get over how old things are here. In a fantastic example of how the Romans co-opted local religions, they took the temple the Celts built (836 B.C.) at the hot springs to the Goddess Sulis, and built a much bigger temple to Sulis Minerva (60 A.D.). Here are a few photos from our brief trip to Bath. You can walk as the Romans walked but not bathe as the Romans bathed! My favorite pictures are the one of the live statue and the one of George sampling the hot spring water. Clearly it is for bathing, not drinking!