Objects discovered during the excavation include oil lamps decorated with the menorah (seven-branched lampstand) and the ...

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical ...

And ancient synagogues can be tourist draws, especially for smaller towns that lack them. Uncovering the synagogue “would put our town on the world map, alongside cities such as Seville,” said ...

Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of Jewish heritage: a menorah on the bas-relief of the first-century Arch ...

A unique ancient Jewish bathhouse or mikveh has been found at Rome's ancient port of Ostia Antica. Culture Minister ...

(JTA) — The remains of an ancient synagogue dating back as far as the 7th century have been discovered in a resort town on Turkey’s mediterranean coast. The synagogue was found recently in the ...

Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies and the temples were allowed to collect the yearly tax paid by all Jewish men for temple maintenance.

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and for his work on ancient synagogues. Paul Flesher earned his B.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Rochester in 1979, a Masters in Philosophy in Judaism in Late Antiquity from Oxford ...