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first brought students from the University of Catania to excavate an area of Ostia Antica, the ancient commercial port of call outside Rome, he wasn’t sure what he might find. The dig site had ...

MAR 10 - A unique ancient Jewish bathhouse or mikveh has been found at Rome's ancient port of Ostia Antica. Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli presented the find in the site on the coast near Rome ...

Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological site of an ancient Roman city.  Read More ...

Ancient mikveh dating back to Roman times discovered in Ostia Antica, Italy. (photo credit: The Italian Ministry of Culture) A rare mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, was found at Ostia Antica ...

In the Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica ... of a deep-rooted Jewish community in this port city adds to other archaeological evidence revealing the interaction of diverse populations within the ...

The “mikveh,” used by religious Jews for ritual purification, was discovered during the ongoing excavation of the ancient port city of Ostia. It was the first Roman colony and an important ...

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 ...

Credit: Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewish ritual bath outside of the Middle East ...