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Discovery of ritual bath sheds light on Jewish life in ancient Rome

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.

Miami Herald on MSN · 4d

1,400-year-old Jewish ritual bath unearthed on outskirts of Rome. See the unique ruins

As they worked, the team uncovered a smaller rectangular room with a wide set of steps leading down to a well. Archaeologists identified it as an ancient Jewish ritual bath, known as a mikveh, dating back at least 1,400 years.

Live Science on MSN · 2d

Jewish ritual bath discovered near Rome is the 'oldest discovery of its kind in the world'

Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewish ritual bath outside of the Middle East, along with an oil lamp decorated with a menorah dated to the fifth to sixth centuries.

The New York Times · 4d

Archaeologists Unearth Oldest Jewish Ritual Bath Found in Europe

Instead, the archaeologists — budding and not — last summer uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. They have tentatively dated the structure to the late fourth or early fifth century.

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Assassination of Julius Caesar Re-Enacted at Original Rome Site

The assassination of Julius Caesar was reenacted in Rome at the exact same place where it had taken place 2,000 years ago.

All That's Interesting on MSN2d

Ancient Roman Gossip Book Makes The Bestseller List 2,000 Years After Its Original Publication

Nearly 2,000 years after the Roman historian Suetonius wrote "The Lives of the Caesars" in the second century C.E., his work ...

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Art Institute showcases ancient Roman sculptures in unprecedented 'Myth and Marble' exhibit

Stunningly and unexpected, virtually all of the selections on view in this exhibition are complete. Co-organized by the Art ...

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