A prehistoric bronze urn in the exhibition, pear-shaped and stamped with fiddle-head scrolls, has stylistic links to China, but with its archaeological recovery spot unrecorded, there's no way to tell where it was actually made, or why.
Archaeological hot spots Rome's ancient ruins are heart-stopping.
And being able to pan and zoom the satellite images quickly makes it much easier to spot archaeological features and relate them to each other.
Rich in archaeological remains, the spot has been ruthlessly looted for the past 20 years, while the minaret itself is slowly crumbling and tilting, its foundations undermined by the waters of a nearby river.
Katie Parla, a contributor to the Travel section and a tour guide in Rome, recommended Andante Travels (andantetravels.co.uk), which specializes in archaeological tours to spots in Western Europe and the United Kingdom.
In some places you might be able to discover archaeological or geologic spots of interest such as pictograms or rock formations (check the guide book for your area).
This has made Ebla, like hundreds of other sites in a country that sometimes refers to itself as an open-air archaeological museum, a tempting spot for thieves.
Other archaeological ruins suggest that the spot was once the home of Julius Caesar.
I was there in October (and returned again last November), which is low season, and crowds were not a problem either at the night spots or the archaeological sites.
For years, most authorities on Jewish law said Jews should not enter the complex for fear of treading on the ancient temple's holiest spots, but recent archaeological work has led some liberal and even moderate Orthodox rabbis to lift those bans.
