My weekly roundup of archaeology and historical fiction: excavation at Carchemish dug by Lawrence of Arabia seeking tourists, new mosaic at Antalya Turkey depicting Iphigenia’s sacrifice, Netflix casts creatively for Troy: Fall of a City, can historical fiction be feminist without messing with history (yes, it can!).
My weekly roundup of archaeology and history: Mysterious night ceremonies at Neolithic Hendraburnick Quoit, evidence for sliding backdrops at ancient Greek theaters, ancient Near Eastern leaders wrote justifications for their deeds and misdeeds–sometimes with modern political echoes.
My weekly roundup of posts from around the web: Pompeii renovations open the house of mysteries and other buildings, the secrets of Roman cement’s longevity, virtual unrolling of burned Pompeii scrolls, Hippocrates text found in Egypt’s St. Catherine’s monastery and Aztec skull towers contained women and children–blowing standard theory.
Review of Lipstick on the Strawberry by Margaret Spence: A sophisticated romance with depth and emotional power.
My weekly roundup of posts (and doings): the Historical Novel Society conference, archaeology & video games for real, carved skulls at Göbekli Tepe Neolithic site in Turkey & Egypt’s last colonial stand at Jaffa in Canaan
My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: Cemetery at Amarna reveals child labor and abuse, DNA from mummies reveals changes over time in Egyptian connectedness to other peoples, cat fur for coats in Medieval period–yuck, Roman bath comes to light in Chichester and ASOR blog on Sumerian art’s influence on modern art
My weekly roundup of posts from around the web: development of Greek revealed in almost extinct dialect spoken in Turkish village, Egyptian artifact lost in WWII returns to Germany, Roman frescoes in catacombs get a laser cleaning
My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: Mary Beard’s review of 2 novels based in Greek myth, the finds from building metro in Thessaloniki Greece from Alex the Great to Roman, Alex Tizon’s essay “My Family’s Slave” and etiquette ancient Egyptian style
Here is my weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: Egyptian tomb gardens, Mausoleum of Augustus to be restored, Viking cave with mysterious contents, legal papyri fr Israel reveal daily life of women, marketing advice for authors from Jane Friedman
My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: interpreting Idalion Cyprus’s temples and artifacts, new tomb near Luxor Egypt with bonus mummies, new Mycenaean tomb at Salamina Greece, Roman northern Britain new finds including keys, coin manufacture and inkpots
