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.

I chose this object because, aside from being a really beautiful artefact, Minerva, Roman equivalent to Greek Athena, is my favourite Roman goddess: she is goddess of war, wisdom and magic.

Experts analyzed the ring and confirmed that it depicted Minerva, the Roman goddess of war, wisdom, art, handicrafts, and commerce. According to Nir Distelfeld, the inspector of the Israel ...

Minerva was worshipped as goddess of wisdom, medicine, commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts in general, and later, war. A statement submitted with the application said the temple's design is ...