The Khamseen winds, the hot winds that streak the hard blue desert sky with grayness, choke the Eastern Mediterranean during the spring...

Although there is no single definition for the genre known as mystery fiction, most agree that the stories are about the solving of a...

As her ship, the Orion, slides through the gateway and turns southeast, Miriam fastens her gaze on the Temple of Augustus and Roma:...

After five days at sea, Miriam arrives in Caesarea to trace an alchemical secret that has surfaced there: My doldrums were relieved… when...

Believe it or not, alchemical societies are alive today and dedicated toward the study of alchemy and early chemistry. I located a...

Readers of The Deadliest Lie and The Deadliest Hate often comment on their having been transported to Ancient Alexandria, that the words...

In The Deadliest Lie, Miriam bat Isaac’s brother Binyamin leaves Alexandria to become a gladiator. In The Deadliest Hate, she watches him...

​Natron is a naturally occurring mixture of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate found in the dry lake beds of arid environments. In Ancient...

​Roman women wore a profusion of custom-made, hand-crafted jewelry including earrings, bracelets, amulets, necklaces, pendants, rings—and...