Newly excavated site in Ostia Antica, dating as early as the 3rd century CE, offers fresh insight and new enigmas about the city's potential melting pot of Roman Empire communities ...

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.

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An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome, the baths gave citizens of all classes the chance to mingle, gossip and relax. They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious ...

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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.