Hammaming in the Sham: A Journey Through the Turkish Baths of Damascus, Aleppo and Beyond

By Richard Boggs

Book Overview

Legend has it that Damascus once had 365 hammams or 'Turkish baths': one for each day of the year. Originally part of an ancient Roman tradition, hammams were absorbed by Islam to such an extent that many became almost annexes to nearby mosques. For centuries, hammams were an integral part of community life, with some 50 hammams surviving in Damascus until the 1950s.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859642845
• ISBN13: 9781859642849
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Garnet Publishing
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.9" x 8.2"