Some posts I enjoyed this week from around the web:
Book covers in France? No art, no blurb. How to choose a book? Apparently by publishing house. I found this discussion of the French book market a good brain bend. By Adria J. Cimino On Women’s Fiction Writers Click here for “Adria Cimino talks book cover design or lack thereof” on Women’s Fiction Writers.
Wonderfully rich Egyptology website/digital book: Petrie Museum University College London. Dig in and enjoy the reconstruction of monumental lions, 4,500 yr old linen dress, the tale of intrepid women in early Egyptian archaeology and much more. A lot like a flourless chocolate cake, delicious and rich and very satisfying. Click here for Petrie Museum University College London Egyptology Digital Book
Amazonian “Wonder Woman” found on a Greek vase. What’s fun is that she is depicted about to capture a cowering male with her lasso. DC comics got it right J The image had been ignored previously by the curators of the University of Mississippi where the ceramic, cylindrical box lives. It took a woman working on Amazons to point out the unique depiction. There are written descriptions of lasso wielding Amazons, but this is the only painting. Why am I not surprised that this location didn’t want to chat about a man-defeating warrior? I’m thinking she’ll be fine in fiction someday. Just have to wait for the right place… Click here for “Amazonian Wonder WomanFound on Greek Vase” on Archaeology News Network
History of the horse, “How its unique role in human culture transformed history”: everything you might want to know about early equine history from Archaeology Magazine. Quite a cool series they’ve put together. Even for the non-horsey among us. Click here for “The Horse Through History” on Archaeology Magazine