Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Sept 17-23
Some posts I enjoyed this week: Godnapping in the Ancient Near East, 8,000 figurine representing “old woman power?”, fringe Briseis, headless sculptures at Göbekli Tepe
Some posts I enjoyed this week: Godnapping in the Ancient Near East, 8,000 figurine representing “old woman power?”, fringe Briseis, headless sculptures at Göbekli Tepe
Midwifery: Magic or Medicine, my panel talk at the Historical Novel Society Convention in Denver 2015
My reconstruction of a Trojan or Hittite Wedding.
I’ve joined a wonderful group of authors. You’ll find my post “Giving Briseis Her Voice” on Historical Fiction eBooks, as well as a page about Hand of Fire and an author page about me.
How the evidence shows surprisingly powerful ancient women to portray in my novel. Thought women were marginalized until the modern period? Think again!
My favorites around the web this week: HNS on my book, Kim Rendfeld on a Medieval Cat poem, historical maps fr USGS, sunken ships off Turkey, and a debate, does little stuff cause the big stuff in history?