New research on old vessels.

“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.

A remnant of the Roman occupation.

Leading to a failed pagan reaction.

The palm frond and the sword.

“The likes of which have never been found in Israel.”

Emperor Julian’s unfulfilled promise.

They were spectators, but there’s little evidence they were fighters.

And an ancient sect’s version of all-night study.

The dark side of ancient Rome’s glory.

The gold of a 2nd-century tomb.

What their gravestones tell us.

Berenice beyond her many marriages.