Bathing is an art in Japan. Bathing has style. Bathing has etiquette. The only bath etiquette I was taught was to wipe off the ring after using the tub. By Japanese bathing standards, I’m a barbarian.

Hammams were central to Ottoman society for centuries before the advent of running water led to them falling out of use in Turkey. Now, many are being restored to revive an ancient bathing tradition.

The attendant’s instructions, as I lay on a circular marble slab with a dozen other semi-naked women, left me disoriented and ...

While bathing in the Danube, profligate Prince Abdul Kadir, a son of the late ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid, expired. Too much water in the lungs was the cause of his death. His father, Abdul Hamid, was one ...