Archaeology News :verified:<p>Mikveh ritual bath discovered in Ostia Antica, Italy</p><p>Archaeologists in Ostia Antica, the ancient port city near Rome, have made an amazing discovery—a Mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, from the late 4th or early 5th century CE. This is a new discovery about the long-standing Jewish community in Ostia, and it’s the oldest Mikveh outside of Israel...</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/mikveh-ritual-bath-discovered-in-ostia-antica/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/03/mik</span><span class="invisible">veh-ritual-bath-discovered-in-ostia-antica/</span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention">@<span>archaeology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>archaeologynews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/romanempire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>romanempire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>judaism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mikveh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mikveh</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ostiaantica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ostiaantica</span></a></p>