Herod the Great built Caesarea between 25 and 13 BC. Today it lies in ruins, half way between Tel Aviv and Haifa. Once the largest city in Judea, its first house of worship was a Roman temple. A Christian church was built upon its ruins on the sixth century. That church, too, eventually crumbled. A white cat now climbs among its ruins, no doubt a descendant of the cats that have inhabited Caesarea since its inception. I found the cat tentatively peering over a fallen slab. I layered the image with a diagonal fallen palm branch, echoing the diagonal curve of the inquisitive cats posture. The curious cat may be seeking a meal, but I’d like to think it is also exploring a bit of its own history.