Less than 15 miles from Rome, Ostia Antica was once a bustling cosmopolitan seaport at the mouth of the Tiber River, where ...

Archaeologists excavating Ostia Antica, the ancient port city of Rome, have unearthed what is now considered the oldest Jewish ritual bath (mikvah) outside the Middle East. Dating back over 1,500 ...

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The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical region of Israel and the surrounding area.

The "extraordinary" Jewish ritual bath was found during archaeological excavations in the ruins of the ancient Roman port city of Ostia, near to Rome. - Remo Casilli/Reuters ...

(CNN) — The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical region of Israel and the surrounding area. The “mikveh ...

Archaeologists near Rome uncovered an ancient Jewish structure used for ritual washing. Photos show the unique find for Italy. Photo from Ostia Antica Archaeological Park On the outskirts of Rome, ...

Discovered outside Rome, the bath, which is thought to be a mikvah, could be more than 1,600 years old. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Ostia Antica When Luigi Maria Caliò, a classical ...

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