Ivory-inlaid Chair

The drumhead of this Phoenician-style terra-cotta figurine from Shikmona (south of Haifa) is recessed, suggesting that the drum had only a single head. Figurines like this are typically found in…

Jerome Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, was appointed to rule the short-lived Kingdom of Westphalia, which Napoleon established in Northern Germany. This medal celebrates his grant of emancipation to…

It is barely six in the morning and the stars are still out, but Manuel has to get up. It isn’t a job that wakes him. That obligation used to get him right to his feet, but now? Now just getting…