At school, Sommer planned to specialize in sciences, but one day his history teacher showed pupils a map of Alexander’s ...

but one day his history teacher showed pupils a map of Alexander’s travels. “My jaw fell open, hit the desk, and I went home and said, ‘I want to study ancient history,’” he says.

Keith L. Alexander covers crime, specifically D.C. Superior Court cases, for The Washington Post. Alexander has covered dozens of crime stories, including that of Banita Jacks, a Washington woman ...