Less than 15 miles from Rome, Ostia Antica was once a bustling cosmopolitan seaport at the mouth of the Tiber River, where many Mediterranean cultures mingled. For all its importance in Roman ...

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 ...

Ancient mikveh dating back to Roman times discovered in Ostia Antica, Italy. (photo credit: The Italian Ministry of Culture) A rare mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, was found at Ostia Antica ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Ostia Antica When Luigi Maria Caliò ... of material” including fragments of panels with fresco paintings that the archaeologists will attempt to reconstruct.

In the Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica, a mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, has been identified during excavations carried out in June and August 2024. The discovery of this mikveh is of singular ...

Si tratta di un bagno rituale ebraico (mikveh), emerso dagli scavi condotti nel Parco archeologico di Ostia Antica nei mesi di giugno e agosto 2024. La campagna di scavo, realizzata nell’ambito ...

Alessandro D’Alessio, direttore del parco archeologico di Ostia Antica, abbraccia con le parole tutto il complesso monumento che è riaffiorato dagli strati di terra, profondi almeno tre metri.

Come ha illustrato Alessandro D’Alessio, direttore del Parco archeologico di Ostia Antica: «Si tratta di una scoperta assolutamente straordinaria in quanto non erano precedentemente noti mikveh ...

A unique ancient Jewish bathhouse or mikveh has been found at Rome's ancient port of Ostia Antica. Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli presented the find in the site on the coast near Rome on ...

Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city ... that testifies to their ancient settlement." Related: Rare fresco discovered in Pompeii shows type of woman who 'breaks ...

A view into the mikvah found at Ostia Antica. | Credit: Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewish ...