Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of secrets, from the Vatican Museums to Ostia Antica.

Old Jewish 'Purification' Bath Found While Digging a Roman City; 'Oldest Discovery of Its Kind in the World' Ancient ...

Just around a 30-minute drive from the Eternal City, Ostia Antica is a lesser-known but incredible spot to see ancient ruins, ...

Photos show the unique find for Italy. Photo from Ostia Antica Archaeological Park On the outskirts of Rome, Italy, sit the ruins of Ostia Antica. The ancient port city isn’t as well-known as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Ostia Antica When Luigi Maria Caliò, a classical archaeology professor, first brought students from the University of Catania to excavate an area of Ostia ...

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 ...

The "extraordinary" Jewish ritual bath was found during archaeological excavations in the ruins of the ancient Roman port city of Ostia, near to Rome. - Remo Casilli/Reuters ...