On the outskirts of Rome, Italy, sit the ruins of Ostia Antica. The ancient port city isn’t as well-known as the nearby Colosseum or Roman Forum, but — as archaeologists recently learned ...

Archaeologists work at the Ostia Antica ruins, southwest of Rome. Photo by VINCENZO PINTO / AFP British owner refuses to hand over Italian painting identified as stolen, ancient Jewish bathhouse found ...

Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of ...

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have ... which came to light in the archaeological park of Ostia Antica, strengthens the historical awareness of this place as a true crossroads of ...

At the mikvah’s public unveiling earlier this week, Alessandro Giuli, the Italian culture minister, explained that the find “reinforces our historical understanding of [Ostia Antica] as a true ...

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 ...

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near ... “The discovery of an ancient Jewish ritual bath, or mikveh, which came to light in the archaeological park of Ostia Antica, ...