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.

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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.

Photo from Italy’s Ministry of Culture Alessandro D’Alessio, the director of the Ostia Antica Archaeological Park, described the ancient Jewish ritual bath as absolutely extraordinary, unique and one ...

Photos show the unique find for Italy. Photo from Ostia ... described the ancient Jewish ritual bath as absolutely extraordinary, unique and one of the only Roman-era mikvehs to be found outside ...

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The ritual bath is in part of what was the Ostia ... between different peoples who found their union in Roman civilization,” Italy’s minister of culture, Alessandro Giuli, said in the statement.

Objects discovered during the excavation include oil lamps decorated with the menorah (seven-branched lampstand) and the lulav (palm branch and symbol of the harvest festival).