ARE YOU READY FOR A MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE?
In THE DEADLIEST HATE, Miriam sails from Alexandria to Caesarea on a corbita, a wide-bellied, basket-shaped Roman cargo ship, to trace...
CLEOPATRA WASN’T THE ONLY ONE WITH AN EGYPTIAN COBRA
Plutarch, whose life coincided roughly with Miriam bat Isaac’s, wrote that the asp that killed Cleopatra and her handmaidens was likely...
How would YOU look if, like the first-century CE bronze ring key pictured here, you were recently un
These four views show its right-angled tip and thick pins. In addition to a personalized signet ring, Roman men, since they had no...
What jewelry did Roman men wear?
Adult male citizens, like Miriam’s father and brother, wore at the very least a personalized signet or seal ring like this first-century...
WAS THE GREAT LIBRARY DESTROYED BY FIRE?
Maybe. Maybe not. No one knows for sure, but according to several Roman writers, including Plutarch, who lived roughly during Miriam bat...
THE GREAT LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA: How were so many of its scrolls acquired?
The answer is by outright thievery. The Great Library of Alexandria, the most significant library in the Ancient World, was built during...
Take a walk with me along the Canopic Way.
The Canopic Way is Alexandria’s longest and most impressive boulevard, running east to west from the Gate of the Sun to the Gate of the...
Did Alexander the Great have a splendid nose?
Well, yes and no. According to this Roman floor mosaic found in Pompeii and preserved in the Naples National Archeological Museum,...
Who wore the Roman toga?
Before the Second-Century BCE, all free Roman citizens, whether male or female, wore the toga, a semi-circular blanket of...
Did women fight in the Roman arena?
The answer is yes but rarely. Gladiatrices (the singular is gladiatrix) are the female counterpart of male gladiators. They may have...
