EditorialCredit card balances have been rising rapidly. But there are ways to navigate the gift-giving season without taking on a lot of new debt. (Till Lauer/The New York Times)
EditorialRouletteman, Round table with baluster-shaped trunk that ends in a tripod. A twelve-pointed star is engraved on the table top with the numbers 1 to 12 around it. In the middle of the table is a cylindrical trunk on which a man balances on his foot. The...
EditorialAegis of Bastet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.); W. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.); D. 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.), The aegis is an object that comprises the bust of a deity with a broad collar below it. A me...