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 discovery of the ritual bath, known as a mikvah, “confirms the extent of the continuous presence, role and importance of the Jewish community in Ostia throughout the Imperial age [of Rome],” Alessandro D’Alessio, director of the Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica, said in a translated statement.



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