Colorful decorations in Roman-era synagogue record transition from study hall to public 'mini-Temple' prayer hall

The Colmar Treasure, displayed till January 20, reveals intimate glimpse of 14th-century French Jews who, after stashing their gems in a house wall, died of plague or persecution

Discovered in a Moshav Ramot garden, once-indecipherable road marker near Sea of Galilee offers proof of the brief 3rd-century rule of Maximinus Thrax