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 Israel Antiquities Authority.
In a statement emailed to Fox News, Abd Elghani Ibrahim and Dr. Walid Atrash, who directed the excavation for the Israel Antiquities Authority, said that the existence of the ritual bath “unequivocally indicates” that the residents of the ancient farm were Jewish and led a religious and traditional way of life.
“Ritual baths have been used in daily life by Jews since the Second Temple period and until today,” they said.
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