In 1973, Frances Vieta, an Italian American journalist living in Rome, is incensed to learn that New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has purchased a priceless Greek vase, the Euphronios krater, for $1 million. Ms. Vieta suspects the antiquity was illegally looted from Italy and smuggled out of the country. She sets out to investigate the acquisition, teaming up with Rodolfo Siviero, an Italian minister and art recovery expert, and the Carabinieri Art Squad, a special unit of the Italian ...

In 1973, Frances Vieta, an Italian American journalist living in Rome, is incensed to learn that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has purchased a priceless Greek vase, the Euphronios Krater, for $1 million. Ms. Vieta suspects the antiquity was illegally looted from Italy and smuggled out of the country. She sets out to investigate the acquisition, teaming up with Rodolfo Siviero, an Italian minister and art recovery expert, and the Carabinieri Art Squad, a special unit of the Italian ...

Twenty-something Ceseli Larson is mourning the recent death of her cherished father. His passing comes as she prepares to undertake a harrowing expedition to the lost ruins of Axum, capital of an ancient kingdom, famous home of the Queen of Sheba, and the possible resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. Ceseli hopes to uncover Axum's long-forgotten archaeological mysteries on her own.What she does not count on, though, is Benito Mussolini's looming invasion of Ethiopia, which plu...