Bathing At Asnières
Bathing is the act of washing the body, usually with water, or the immersion of the body in water. It may be practiced for personal hygiene, religious ritual or therapeutic purposes. By analogy, especially as a recreational activity, the term is also applied to sun bathing and sea bathing. People bathe at a range of temperatures, according to custom or purpose, from very cold to very hot. In the western world, bathing is usually done at comfortable temperatures in a bathtub or shower. This type of bathing is done more or less daily for hygiene purposes. A ritual religious bath is sometimes referred to as immersion or baptism. The use of water for therapeutic purposes can be called a water treatment or hydrotherapy. Recreational water activities are also known as swimming and paddling. History Ancient world Throughout history, societies devised systems to enable water to be brought to population centers. The oldest accountable daily ritual of bathing can be trace ...
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Norblin Bath In The Park (detail) 02
Norblin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jan Piotr Norblin (Jean Pierre) (1740–1830), French-Polish painter, draughtsman, engraver, and caricaturist *Louis Norblin Louis Pierre Martin Norblin (2 December 1781, in Warsaw – 14 July 1854, in Connantre) was a French musician. His father was Polish-French painter Jan Piotr Norblin (1740–1830). He taught cello at the Paris Conservatoire, where his st ...

Stamnos
A stamnos (plural stamnoi) is a type of Greek pottery used to store liquids. Stamnoi had a foot, wide mouths, lids and handles on their shoulders. The earliest known examples come from archaic Archaic is a period of time preceding a designated classical period, or something from an older period of time that is also not found or used currently: *List of archaeological periods **Archaic Sumerian language, spoken between 31st - 26th cent ... Laconia and Etruria, and they began to be manufactured in Athens around 530 BC. References Works cited * * External links {{AncientGreece-archaeology-stub Ancient Greek pot shapes ...
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