Temazcal
![temāzcalli from the Codex Magliabecchi](/Images/godic/202502/15/Codex_Magliabecchi_pg_065_Aztec_steam_bath_temezcalli2107.png")
![Temazcal at the Joya de Ceren site](/Images/godic/202502/15/Temazcal_en_Joya_de_Ceren2107.jpg")
![Modern temazcal at the La Chonita Hacienda in Tabasco, Mexico.](/Images/godic/202502/15/LaChonita222107.JPG")
A temazcal [temasˈkal] is a type of sweat lodge which originated with pre-Hispanic Indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica. The word temazcal comes from the Nahuatl word temāzcalli [temaːsˈkalːi] ("house of heat"), or possibly from the Aztec teme (to bathe) and calli (house). Temazcal in English is also written as temezcal, temascal, or temescal.