Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. THE RITUAL purification bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period. (photo credit: Ari Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority) The ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem say they've found a 2,000-year-old ritual bath with a sophisticated system to keep water pure, Israel's Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced. The bath, known as a miqwe or ...

An ancient Jewish ritual bath, known as a mikveh, dating to the last days of the Second Temple, roughly 2000 years ago, has been discovered under the Western Wall Plaza, just steps away from the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000‑year‑old Jewish ritual bath beneath the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem that bears ash and destruction debris from the Roman conquest of the city in 70 C.E., ...

A 2,000-year-old mikveh, or ritual bath, has been discovered in Israel’s Galilee region. The mikveh is part of an ancient Jewish farmstead discovered in Lower Galilee during an excavation by the ...

A Jewish ritual purification bath (mikveh) carved into rock from the time of the Second Temple, bearing traces of ash that serve as evidence of the Temple's destruction, was discovered in recent days ...

Dec. 21 (UPI) --The Israel Antiquities Authority said Monday it has uncovered remains from the Second Temple period during an excavation at Jerusalem's Garden of Gethsemane Church, which date to the ...

Some 2,000 years ago, as the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE, their army set the great Jewish Temple on fire. The blaze destroyed the building and its surroundings, as the conquest put an end to ...