The room where Napoleon slept, and how precious artifacts escaped to Switzerland.

New research on old vessels.

And learning about the elephant it came from.

Hebrew, written from left to right.

“It is easy to imagine the lamp lighting up the darkness in the lonely, isolated fort manned by Roman soldiers.”

A joint venture for one of the ancient world’s most prized commodities.

The possibility raised by the discovery of an intriguing inscription on an ancient column.

Eleazar the Priest.

Evidence of ancient trade with the Phoenicians.

“Governor of the City.”

Beyond Dagon.

Made from limestone to preserve ritual purity.

A remnant of the Roman occupation.

A reddish-brown scarab.