What is Hammam?
[[File:Ali Gholi Agha hammam, Isfahan, Iran.jpg|thumb|Hammam inside]] '''''Hammam''''' is a [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[steam bath]] and also a [[Bathhouse|public bath]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|publisher=[[BBC]] Travel|accessdate=July 8, 2021|title=The origins of bathhouse culture around the world|url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20121129-the-origins-of-bathhouse-culture-around-the-world|date=November 29, 2012|author=Suemedha Sood}}</ref> This is common in the [[Middle East]]. Hammam is not used just to be clean. Hammam is also about [[Wudu|spiritual purity]] or ablution. == History == Bathhouses were found throughout the Mediterranean world. They were used to the mid-6th century in the early [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nGPDwAAQBAJ|title=A Cultural History of Bathing in Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium|last=Zytka|first=Michal|date=2019-03-28|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-13409-5|language=en}}</ref> In Europe hammam was also popular, especially in [[Victorian era]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{asia-stub}} [[Category:Turkish culture]] [[Category:Hygiene]]