Sitting on the top row of the ancient arena, I scan the ruins of Ostia, letting my imagination take me back 2,000 years to the days when this was ancient Rome's seaport, a thriving commercial ...

As ancient Rome’s main port, Ostia welcomed grain, wine, livestock and olive oil from North Africa and Southern Italy to feed one million Romans. Yet despite an archaeological site spanning more ...

Ostia Antica, a 45-minute Metro/commuter train ride away, offers ancient thrills to rival Pompeii (which is four hours south of Rome). Wandering around the ruins today, ...

The theater at Ostia Antica is one of the best-preserved in Italy and seats up to 3,000 people. In ancient times, it was primarily used for plays, music performances, and gladiatorial games.

Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological site of an ancient Roman city.

A rare mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, was found at Ostia Antica, near Rome, offering concrete evidence of a Jewish presence in ancient Roman Ostia. Italian Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli ...

A trove of perfectly preserved ceramics, burnt animal bones and a wooden chalice have been pulled up from a well in Ostia Antica, shedding new light on religious life at the heart of Ancient Rome.

Archaeologists make 2,000-year-old discovery in well on the outskirts of Rome The roughly 10-foot-deep well in the ancient Roman city of Ostia Antica was being excavated as part of a restoration ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in the area of Ostia Antica, Italy, unearthed what may be the oldest example of a Jewish ritual bath found outside of Israel. They have tentatively dated the structure to the late ...