THE LIFE OF AN AUCTORATUS, A VOLUNTEER GLADIATOR
In THE DEADLIEST SPORT, Binyamin tells Miriam about his life as a volunteer gladiator. But Miriam is not convinced the life is so...
THE STOA
The stoas in Alexandria’s first-century CE agora were constructed to resemble those in the agoras of Ancient Greece. Let’s join Miriam in...
PHOEBE’S MANUMISSION
The Romans had a unique legal process called manumission in which an owner could free his or her slaves. Upon becoming freedmen, they...
NOAH’S SCRIBE, DRAKON
Scribes could read and write and made their living drafting, translating, and copying documents. They may have worked as secretaries and...
ROMAN MOSAICS
The floors, columns, fountains, and walls of Roman buildings and private homes across the Empire were often decorated with mosaics...
THE SILK ROAD
The Silk Road was the ancient network of trade routes that connected East and West. The name derives from the lucrative trade in silk...
A TWO HORSE TOWN
A Two Horse Town, by Kathleen Kaska, is the second mystery in her Kate Caraway Animal-Rights Mystery Series. The story takes place in Two...
LIBRARIES THEN AND NOW
Libraries are more than a repository of books; they’re a culture’s symbol of knowledge. Dating back to ancient Mesopotamia and coinciding...
PLEASE PASS THE RED HERRING
A red herring could refer to a herring kippered by smoking, but as an idiomatic expression, it refers to a literary device used to...