Archaeologists have unearthed what could be the oldest mikveh bath outside of Israel in an ancient port city near Rome, ...

Newly excavated site in Ostia Antica, dating as early as the 3rd century CE, offers fresh insight and new enigmas about the ...

“Today the Italian Jewish surname Di Porto is linked to those people who came from the port of Ostia,” Giacomo Moscati, a Jewish resident of Rome, tells the London Times. The site is not yet ...

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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This was particularly true in large and cosmopolitan cities such as Ostia, a port city just 19 miles (30 kilometers) west of Rome. Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli said in the statement that ...

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 ...

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British owner refuses to hand over Italian painting identified as stolen, ancient Jewish bathhouse found in Rome’s Ostia Antica ruins, and more news from Italy on Wednesday.