In ancient Rome, spices came to the city from every corner of the Empire and were often so precious that they could be used ...

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Old Jewish 'Purification' Bath Found While Digging a Roman City; 'Oldest Discovery of Its Kind in the World' Ancient religious structures are valuable findings for any culture. The structures are ...

Cecilie Brøns, who authored the study and works as an archaeologist and curator at the Glyptotek art museum in Copenhagen, finds that Greco-Roman statues were often perfumed with enticing scents ...

A mediaeval brick kiln, later repurposed for lime production, offers further insights into how Rusovce’s residents reused Roman ruins. “We believe the kiln was used to process marble statues and ...

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath ... was discovered during the ongoing excavation of the ancient port city of Ostia. It was the first Roman colony and an important urban center of ...

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.

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 ...

(CNN) — The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath ... the ongoing excavation of the ancient port city of Ostia. It was the first Roman colony and an important urban center of antiquity, 16 ...

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 — it contains some equally unique ruins.

In this regard, the Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica has demonstrated leadership in applying new research methodologies. The discovery opens new avenues of study on the social and religious ...

It is believed to be the oldest inscription referring to Jews in Italy, said Marina Lo Blundo, an archaeologist at Ostia Antica. In 1961, one of the oldest known synagogues in the Roman world was ...