Some posts I enjoyed this week: this year’s finds at Minoan Zominthos, Crete, the abandoned district of Famagusta, Cyprus in the news and fiction from Sarah Johnson, 100 hundred words for “slut” by Jo Ann Butler, resurrecting Nero’s Domus Aurea and who knew elephants lived in Arcadia, Greece?
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
My favs on the web this week: Witches & vampires fr historian Deborah Harkness, the state of historical fiction via The Guardian, truth and lies in historical fiction via Lisa Yarde, the Holy Grail via Jeri Westerson, Zelda and Scott via Spargo and a new find on Cyprus.
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.
Adventures in Cyprus: Part I My research trip and explorations in Larnaca and the Pierides Museum.
