The iconic Arch of Titus was actually one of two such arches built to depict the Roman siege and defeat of Jerusalem.
When the U.N. accepted a Mussolini-era sculpture for a Rome office, it didn’t realize its anti-Semitic implications would change the lives of Italian Jews forever.
We can never know for certain what ancient Jews and Romans saw when they passed under the Arch of Titus, but thanks to technology and a team of scholars, we now have an inkling.