Cocooned in the warm embrace of the hamam, sounds are muffled. Gentle light from oculi, “eyes” in a large dome overhead, etches patterns across the marble surfaces below. Running water and softly ...

“Clothes off,” an attendant gently tells me, touching the woven cotton towel I have gripped around my body. We are standing in the sıcaklık, or hot room, of Istanbul's Zeyrek Çinili Hamam. Around us, ...

Residential life at Wellesley this term has been characterized by multiple nasty finds — notably, used menstrual products and ...

This article analyses women's participation in life-cycle, religious, and propitiatory rituals in Uzbekistan against the background of the 'politicization' of custom under the Soviet regime and ...

This used to be the time of year when the creepy basement of an old factory building in Minneapolis was the place to go if you wanted to make your hair stand on end. But now the industrial space ...

Pall Mall clubrooms buzzed last week with the story that a woman, with the full consent of the Labor Government, had taken a bath in the House of Commons. Buzzing was louder when it was learned that a ...

Summer is nearly here, but before you go jumping in the public pool, you might want to think twice! A new study says half of all Americans use the swimming pool to get rid of sweat or dirt instead of ...