The denarius (plural denarii) was the standard Roman silver coin during Miriam’s time, the first century CE. The word is derived from...

A thermopolium (plural thermopolia) is a Roman-style cookshop or fast-food café serving both hot and cold food. In the ancient...

Grains made up the bulk of most Romans' diet with wheat and barley being the most commonly used, especially to make bread and porridge....

Archeologists have found pots of unspoiled honey in Egyptian tombs thousands of years old. Three reasons account for honey’s unique...

The fragments and complete pieces of terracotta figurines that have been found during archaeological excavations tell us that they were...

In The Deadliest Hate, Miriam tells us about a dinner she attended at the home of Judah’s half-brother, Eran: Jabin, Eran’s assistant,...

What treasure in 1987 did archaeologists find in a floor drain of the Roman Forum? This "treasure" was 86 loose teeth, all intact but...

Next time you read a book you’ve enjoyed, go to Amazon.com, find the book in their catalog, and write a review for that book. All it...

We think of our language as being derived from Ancient Greek and Latin, but some of our oldest English words trace back to Ancient Egypt,...

We’ve reached the point of transplanting kidneys, livers, and other vital organs, but the brain transplant is still a dream. Or is it?...