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

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical ...

As they worked, the team uncovered a smaller rectangular room with a wide set of steps leading down to a well. Archaeologists ...

Objects discovered during the excavation include oil lamps decorated with the menorah (seven-branched lampstand) and the ...

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Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of ancient Jewish history: a menorah on the bas-relief of the ...

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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 ...

We know this from archaeological evidence found at the best-preserved sites of Roman Italy — Pompeii ... Consider the carnage produced by the popular gladiatorial and animal blood-bath games. At ...

Aicher and Roman bath scholar Garrett Fagan explore aqueduct tunnels, a major feature of Roman aqueducts. NOVA: So they were actually building tunnels? AICHER: Yes. A tunnel might be five ...

Roman Baths in Bath is one of over 200 attractions around the UK that Blue Peter badge holders can get into for free. To gain free entry, each child must have a Blue Peter badge, a valid Blue ...