The well-preserved thermal bath complex was unearthed at a lavish home likely owned by a member of the ancient city's elite

Everything was functional to the staging of a ‘show’ at the center of which was the owner himself,” said the archaeological site’s director Gabriel Zuchtriegel in the release.

An exceptionally large spa complex of baths has been discovered in a private home in the legendary city of Pompeii.

Archaeologists have been given a new insight into what life in Pompeii was like after discovering a spa-like complex that has been described as a “once-in-a-century” find. What is thought to be one of the largest private bathhouses in the city has been uncovered after it lay buried underneath metres of volcanic rock for centuries.

It’s a place to have a spa day fit for an emperor. The largest private Roman bathhouse ever found in the ruined ancient city of Pompeii has been discovered recently by archaeologists under a pile of volcanic ash,