WHO'D EVER PASS UP A DESSERT LIKE DULCIA DOMESTICA?
Miriam does in THE DEADLIEST HATE when, on the way from Alexandria to Caesarea, she dines with Cousin Eli in one of the lavishly...
BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU REACH
Eran, Judah’s half-brother, had a pair of priceless antique water jars similar to the one pictured here. His, about forty inches high,...
MY FAVORITE MYSTERY NOVELS
As the author of a mystery series, folks often ask me which mysteries are my favorites. Hard question. I’ve read mysteries my entire life...
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I’ve blogged about the Roman baths (May 17, 2016) and the public urinals, for men anyway (December 13, 2016), so why not this? After all,...
Calling all mystery lovers to Roman Caesarea!
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Please pass the scrolls—I mean the rolls.
A triclinium is a Roman dining room named for its three couches. Each couch accommodates three diners who use the throw pillows to...
THE ORIGIN OF MIRIAM BAT ISAAC: A story in the Living and Being section of the Poughkeepsie Journal,
ONE WOMAN'S RETIREMENT CAREER MIXES FICTION, SCIENCE, ANCIENT TIMES June Trop Zuckerman’s retirement job can seem a complete change from...
Beneath the Serapeum: A Breath of Ancient Must
Miriam visited the subterranean crypt beneath the Serapeum: We passed cavernous chambers of bare stone breathing out their ancient must,...
KISSED BY THE SUN
Ptolemy the First created the god Serapis during the third century BCE to unite the Alexandrian Greeks and Egyptians in worship. (The...