The Last EmberPenguin, 6. aug. 2009 - 480 sider Jonathan Marcus, a young American lawyer and former doctoral student in classics, is summoned to Rome for a case and stumbles across a message hidden inside an ancient stone fragment. The discovery propels him and UN preservationist Dr. Emili Travia into a coldblooded modern plot to erase every remnant of Jewish and Christian presence from Jerusalem's Temple Mount, in the process redefining history itself. |
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Ahmed ancient antiquities Arch of Titus arch’s archaeological arena artifact beneath the Colosseum beneath the Temple Brandisi carabinieri carved cavern ceiling century Chandler Cianari climbed Comandante corridor darkness Domus Aurea door Emili asked eyes feet Fiorello flashlight Flavius Josephus floor Forma Urbis fragments front gate Ghetto Gianpaolo Giuseppe Valadier glass guard hand illegal excavation Inocenti inscription inside Israel Antiquities Authority Israeli Italian Jerusalem Jonathan and Emili Jonathan knew Jonathan thought Josephus’s leaned Lebag Lieutenant Rufio light looked Mansour manuscripts marble Marcus menorah Mildren moved museum nodded Orvieti Ostia photograph Piazza pointed professor Profeta pulled Ramat remembered rock Roman Roman Forum Rome Rome’s Rufio ruins Salah ad-Din scaffolding Segev Sharif side smile someone sound stared stepped stone stood street synagogue Tatton Temple Mount there’s Titus’s tourist Travia tunnel turned Valadier Vatican voice walked wall Waqf watched