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. CNN values your feedback 1.

An exhibition of objects highlighting the 2, 000-year history of Rome’s Jewish community has been opened for Passover in the Rome Synagogue. Exhibits include tombstones from the Jewish catacombs ...

Jews first came to Rome in the second century B.C., and inhabited the city and its environs, including Ostia, a half-hour train ride outside the capital city.

Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewish ritual bath outside of the Middle East, along with an oil lamp decorated with a menorah dated ...

An ancient synagogue was also discovered at the site, making it one of the oldest synagogues in Europe, dating to the mid-fourth century and likely destroyed in an earthquake in 443.

Jews had a complex and rocky relationship with ancient Rome, which went through several iterations in its rise and fall, from the early republic to its later schism between east and west.

In the first century AD, Jews lived across the Roman Empire in relative harmony. Protected by Rome and allowed to continue their religion, everything was fine until rebellion in Judaea led to a ...

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.