Roman Bathhouse Drains Found To Contain Jewelry, Scalpel, Teeth

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 01/11/2013 12:23 PM EST on LiveScience Ever go swimming with rings on your fingers or hoops in your ears only to find your jewelry had vanished after your dip? If so, you've got something in common with ancient Romans. A new study of objects lost down the drains in the bathhouses from the Roman Empire reveals that people got up to all sorts of things in these gathering places. They bathed, of course, but they also adorned themselves with...