Posts I enjoyed this week: Ancient Greek Inventions, archaeology in Turkey both Neolithic and Late Bronze Age, Shona Patel’s Flame Tree Road and Kate Quinn’s Lady of the Eternal City, Nailing your Email Subject Line by Sharon Bially
Favorites around the web this week. In archaeology: a bronze age tomb in Thessaly, Greece, an exhibit of pre-classical Greece in France, 8,000 yr old Israeli olive oil, recreating Egyptian bread. In historical fiction: a post about his fic series with some of my favorite authors in it, a review of All the Light We Cannot See, & insulting people like a good historical fiction writer.
I’m a day or so late putting up my weekly post of my favorites around the web. I’ve been getting myself back into the habit of writing my full word count everyday with a lot less daily book promotion, and since I’ve been away from this my historical mystery for a while and got myself into a muddle, that took a lot of focus. I didn’t spend much web time, so my pickings are slim. And I took much of Sat and Sun to vegetate with a good book and no screen time. I enjoyed that! I did manage to… Read More »Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom October 25-31
Join me at the Chandler library Oct 18 for National Archaeology Day! Also, my favorite posts around the web this week: HNS self-published author award, archaeology from Spain, Macedonia, Hattusa & Athens, & Donis Casey on dialogue.
My weekly favorites around the web: Karen Randau’s interview, ancient tombs & frescoes, Anna Belfrage on royal gluttony
My favorites around the web this week: news about Hand of Fire, 19th C sisters who make fortune with their long hair, mysterious boulders solved, & BA copper smelting.
My weekly post of links I enjoyed is back: archaeology from Vikings to Egypt to Cyprus, historical fiction new releases from Donis Casey, Deb Swift and Susan Spann, along with other HF news.
My Cyprus exploration takes me to the Bronze Age site of Maa Paleo-Kastro, much debated as to its function and residents.
Cyprus Adventures Part 2, we explore the Akamas Peninsula via boat and dig into the Bronze Age site of Kition.
