Miriam is overwhelmed by the size of the Library’s collection when her tutor, Hector [see my blog, “Miriam’s Tutor” of June 27, 2017],...

In The Deadliest Lie, Miriam introduces us to Amram, her father’s business partner and her prospective father-in-law, by comparing him to...

Alexandria was experiencing an unusually hot day, a perfect day, as Miriam said, to sit in the atrium, face the impluvium and sip ginger...

The bride in Ancient Rome wore no adornments that would detract from her engagement ring. The engagement ring signified that the couple...

Trouble surfaces quickly in THE DEADLIEST FEVER when the Torah mantle in Alexandria’s Great Synagogue, set with King Solomon’s priceless...

In THE DEADLIEST FEVER, Miriam wonders about Omar and Naarah: What a curious match. Only a nascent double chin and an asymmetry about his...

Olibanum (frankincense), traded on the Arabian Peninsula for more than 6000 years, has a balsamic-spicy, slightly lemony fragrance with a...

The need to secure one’s belongings emerged with the evolution of human society. The first mechanical door locks were invented in ancient...

The first chapter of THE DEADLIEST FEVER begins with your witnessing a threat to the mantle that wraps the Torah in Alexandria’s Great...

Researchers excavating latrines along the Silk Road in northwestern China found 2000-year-old feces containing eggs of the Chinese liver...