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  • "Bathing of the New-born Christ" mosaic in Daphni Monastery.
  • "Turkish bath", a work by Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1862. Located in the Louvre, Paris, France.
  • Map of Europe and the East during the Bronze Age. The Minoan region of Crete and the Mycenaean centers of culture in mainland Greece, e.g. Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos, are highlighted in red.

Bathing habits through the centuries

The care of personal hygiene varies from era to era. Archaeological findings show the existence of baths in Greece since prehistoric times, particularly from the Late Bronze Age (1600-1100 BC).