Archaeologists have discovered what they say is an ancient Roman-era mikveh amid the sprawling ruins of the ancient port city of Ostia Antica outside Rome. It was described as the oldest mikveh as yet discovered outside the middle east. The … continue reading →
The Italian government has signed an agreement with the umbrella Union of Italian Jewish Communities(UCEI) that officially recognizes the UCEI as the sole Jewish institution with authority over “excavation, conservation, and restoration” activities related to Jewish cemeteries discovered during archaeological … continue reading →
Russian archaeologists excavating at the site of the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria, on Russia’s northern Black Sea coast, say an ancient synagogue they unearthed last year was part of a larger Jewish quarter that included a winery, garden, residential … continue reading →
Archaeologists have begun research at the site of the destroyed Goldberg synagogue in Otwock, near Warsaw, where significant remnants of the building — the town’s main synagogue before WW2 — were discovered this past summer during construction of a new … continue reading →
This season’s excavations at the site of the Great Synagogue in Vilnius revealed remains of the polychrome decorated floor and walls of the main prayer hall, huge collapsed columns, and other evidence of “the intensity of the destruction of the … continue reading →
