Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Dec 10-16
My Weekly roundup of posts: Unknown classical Greek city found, American principles and Genghis Khan, Mesopotamia’s mixed cultural traditions
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Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History & Historical Fiction Dec 3-9
My weekly roundup: suggestive frescoes at Pompeii opened up for Christmas viewing, Bernard Cornwell interview, hilarious Italian Medieval history at the hands of Tinney Heath, fragment of Hermes on a red figure vase, writing my purpose with some help from Donald Maass
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Nov 26-Dec 2
My weekly roundup of posts from around the web: Bronze Age clay figurine like Rodin’s Thinker, Venetian quack medicines, ice mummy man’s clothing choices, mosaic museum’s website, Nefertari’s mummified legs.
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Nov 19-25
My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed this week: earliest domesticated turkeys offered to gods 1500 yrs ago in Oaxaca Mexico, giant crocodile mummy full of mini-mummies, how-to for FB Book Launch party, New Etruscan tomb finds at Vulci
Review of A Song of War: A Novel of Troy
If a diversity-bringing, often raunchy, always nuanced, new take on the old tale of the Trojan War sounds like a good read to you, then pick up this “novel-in-parts.” My review of A Song of War.
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Nov 12-18
My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed this week: Lost works of Greek tragedy might be more about magic, sex and happy endings; cuneiform tablet cookies; Hypatia, Alexandria’s female scholar and Obama’s reflections upon visiting the Acropolis.
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction October 29-Nov 11
Posts I enjoyed from around the web: a Hittite village to be built at the UNESCO site of Hattusa (otherwise known as the capital of the Hittite Empire), really, really old maps (maybe), recreating the Queen of Sheba’s perfume (also used by one of my characters, a blind woman you’ll really like), the cosmopolitan world of Late Bronze Age Cyprus and the Old World might not have chatted with the New World as early as some people think.
Learn Social Media from Two Pros. Come to Nov 12 AZ HNS Meeting
Attend Nov 12 AZ Historical Novel Society Meeting and Learn Social Media from two pros, Chandler Longbons and Emma Totten. Calling all authors!
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction October 22-28
Some posts I enjoyed this week: A giant Bronze Age shipyard on Dana Island in Turkey, violent burials in the ancient Southwest suggest blood feuds & biggest ancient Japanese sword ever
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction October 15-21
Some posts I enjoyed this week: AIA lecture on Sex, Politics and Intoxication in Etruria, human sacrifice on Mt. Lykaion, xrays reveal the inside scoop on Athenian vases and Ireland’s mythic mound reveals the origins of Halloween