Originally performed in an all-girls school in London, the opera could be seen as an educational one, with warnings that young women should not trust men and their promises.
The dodecahedron is one of only 130 found globally and it is considered “one of archaeology’s great enigmas.”
The origins of the Haggadah are not clear, but the commandment to retell the Exodus comes from a strange night-long meeting of five sages.
Archaeologists used radiocarbon dating and chemical analysis of the volcanic layers covering the earlier building, which confirmed that the building predates the Vesuvian eruption in AD79.
Residents of a village near Jerusalem piece together an ancient Roman floor.
The lamp Yonatan found is identical to one discovered in the same place 90 years ago by the late Reform rabbi and archaeologist Dr. Nelson Glueck.
The Pompeii site, rediscovered only in the 16th century, has seen a burst of recent archaeological activity aimed at halting years of decay and neglect.
Nearby, don’t miss the Roman stairs that were built for Hadrian Caesar, reminding you that the trail you just finished is an old Roman path from the 2nd-century period.
The head of the sculpture was uncovered in April by a construction worker, and the bust discovered only a few weeks later.
The figuring head is of the Roman god Mercury, a messenger god thought to be the equivalent of the Greek god Hermes.
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