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The unearthed pots showed that only kosher food, and no pork, had ever been cooked in them. St Aldates Church was the centre of Oxford’s Jewish neighbourhood in the 12th and 13th century after William the Conqueror invited Jewish people in northern France to settle in England - possibly so they could pay taxes to fund his wars. Recent excavations by Oxford Archaeology, ahead of some development works, revealed evidence of two houses which the 800-year-old Doomsday Book suggested belonged to two Jewish families. Amazingly it was able to show that one was owned by Jacob f. mag. Moses ...

800-year-old medieval pottery fragments reveal Jewish dietary practices Jar in Medieval Oxford Ware, probably used as a cooking-pot and dated to the late 11th or 12th century and b. near-complete miniature jar in Early Brill Coarseware from structure 3.1. Image courtesy: University of Bristol. BRISTOL .- A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with archaeologists from Oxford Archaeology, have found the first evidence of a religious diet locked inside pottery fragments excavated from the early medieval Jewish community of Oxford. Keeping kosher is one of the oldest known diets ...

Fish bones included only species such as herring, which is kosher, they added. The lead author of the research, Julie Dunne, from the University of Bristol’s School of Chemistry, said in a statement about the study: “This is a remarkable example of how biomolecular information extracted from medieval pottery, and combined with ancient documents and animal bones, has provided a unique insight into 800-year-old Jewish dietary practices.” I'm proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But it's full of beauty and meaning. ...

Food fragments discovered in an ancient toilet in Oxford helped scientists confirm that Britain's medieval Jewish community avoided pork and 'kept kosher'. While this has long been thought to be the case, this is the earliest concrete evidence so far of the diet in the UK.   Scientists from the University of Bristol and Oxford Archaeology, excavated the 12th century toilet found in the ancient Oxford Jewish quarter around St Aldates.  During excavations, archaeologists found a stone-built structure, identified as a latrine, and dated to the late 11th and 12th century.  Inside the fragment...

It’s not quite gefilte fish or foie gras — but it’s close. According to new research in Israel and the United States, ancient humans around the Sea of Galilee could have opted for a varied diet of fish and birds, but mostly went for carp and geese. The study by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the University of Connecticut shows evidence that thousands of years ago humans cultivated a menu by their preference for certain foods, even when others were more easily available. It also offers evidence that these ancient eaters developed specialties in collecting and processing these foo...