The stunning city of Petra in Jordan was built by the Nabataeans with staggering sums from the luxury trade. Now the discovery of a faraway submerged altar temple shows the extent of its reach.
A statue of Hera from Pompeii was part of a traveling exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago, Ill. The exhibit featured more than 450 artifacts from Pompeii and the nearby communities of Heraculaneum, Oplontis, Boscoreale, and Terzigno. Scott Olson/Getty Images The popular zeal for...