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.

This object from the collection of the Hunterian Museum was chosen, and written about, by Nicola McConnell, postgraduate student, Department of Classics, University of Glasgow. This small gemstone ...

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 ... as the goddess of wisdom.” ...