Instead, something else caught Whiteson’s eye as they hiked past an ancient quarry: an 1,800-year-old ring depicting the Roman goddess Minerva. Whiteson picked up the object, which has now been ...

A 13-year-old boy hiking with his father near an Israeli quarry unearthed a nearly two-millennia-old ring engraved with the image of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and battle, officials said.