The discovery came during the construction of a new fountain in Neumarkt, located at the heart of Cologne—a city in the west of the country whose history stretches back around 2,000 years.
In 50 A.D., the Romans founded a colony on the Rhine River that would eventually develop into the Cologne of today. Numerous remains from the ancient Roman settlement, known as Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, can still be found in the modern settlement. A private Roman bathing facility can now be added to the list, German news outlet T-Online reported.
The luxury bathing facility once formed part of a residential building that featured sophisticated furnishings, Gregor Wagner, an archaeologist with the city's Roman-Germanic Museum and head of the excavations, told local newspaper Kölnische Rundschau.
Source: www.newsweek.com
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