As the name implies, silk was the most representative and favorite of the goods traded on the Silk Road. Colorful silk fabrics dazzled...

The tripod washstand pictured here is made of wrought iron and comes with a brass pitcher. Notice that the washstand has side dishes for...

Miriam bat Isaac is an alchemist in first-century CE Roman-occupied Alexandria (Egypt). But the emperor, afraid that his currency will be...

When they were girls, Miriam and Phoebe would look forward to having a summer breakfast on the family’s third-floor, Egyptian-style roof...

In The Deadliest Lie, Miriam and Binyamin’s father warns him not to volunteer as a gladiator: Once you sign a contract and take the oath,...

My life changed the day I encountered blabber-mouth Helen in the dairy aisle of our supermarket. “Hey, Sue,” the woman in red said. “I...

In “The Deal,” a wealthy elderly couple agree to get their brains transplanted into the bodies of recently deceased young adults so as to...

Four thousand miles long, the Silk Road began in China and continued through Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey, then to Greece and...

In The Deadliest Lie, Miriam explains how her maids groomed her before seeing Judah: I remember asking the maids to take extra care with...

After defeating Carthage, Rome became the dominant power in the western Mediterranean. With access now to the Carthaginian silver mines...