These Dead Sea Scrolls include the oldest known copies of some Old Testament books, and other ancient Jewish texts. Scholars believed the scrolls were hidden to protect them from the Romans ...

Remarking on the novelty of finding so much gold jewelry from this period in Jerusalem, Efrat Bocher, an excavation manager from Bar-Ilan University and the Center for the Study of Ancient ...

My Judaism defines me. One could also say so do my blue eyes, my passion for genealogy, my affinity for music of the 60s-70s-80s, my fluency in Hebrew, my joy at being a grandmother to a baby and a ...

A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh ... Pictures released by officials show ancient stairs leading down to what was once used as a ritual bath. The steps show "notable traces ...

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The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical region of Israel and the surrounding area. The “mikveh,” used by ...

Archaeologists near Rome uncovered an ancient Jewish structure used for ritual washing. Photos show the unique find for Italy. Photo from Ostia Antica Archaeological Park On the outskirts of Rome ...

Did Jewish gladiators even exist? But many have occupied themselves with questions about the role of Jews in ancient Rome’s famous bloodsport, including whether fights took place in ancient ...