Archaeologists discovered an ancient bath hidden among ruins in Jerusalem's Kiryat Menachem quarter. The bath appears more than 2,000 years old, and archaeologists found evidence suggesting the bath was built with the intention of keeping the water pure and consistently flowing -- a necessity for religious rituals in Christian and Jewish cultures. Kashrut, a set of Jewish dietary laws, set the groundwork for many Christian dietary laws shortly after this time period. Kashrut requires that water be collected without human contact.
The bath even had a sophisticated plaster coating to ensure the water would not seep into the ground. Researchers and archaeologists have been excavating the site even further after additional discoveries dating back 9,000 years were discovered in the surrounding region. After revealing the elements of the excavation, historians now have a better glimpse at the composition of religious rituals and their corresponding structures.
http://news.yahoo.com/2-000-old-ritual-bath-found-jerusalem-121302315.html
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