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Pictures: Uncovered 1845 ritual bath

Caption Brick hearth

Baltimore Sun photo by Algerina Perna

Peter Middelthon, crew chief and archaeologist, left, stoops next to an unearthed brick hearth at left, while Esther Doyle Read, lecturer at UMBC Ancient Studies Department, and the project archaeologist, stands inside an 1845 mikveh - a ritual bath- beneath the Lloyd Street Synagogue. They recently uncovered more of the mikveh which was discovered in the 1990's.

Peter Middelthon, crew chief and archaeologist, left, stoops next to an unearthed brick hearth at left, while Esther Doyle Read, lecturer at UMBC Ancient Studies Department, and the project archaeologist, stands inside an 1845 mikveh - a ritual bath- beneath the Lloyd Street Synagogue. They recently uncovered more of the mikveh which was discovered in the 1990's. (Baltimore Sun photo by Algerina Perna)

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