Propaganda and Reality: Hittites vs Pharaoh Ramesses
Getting to the truth in wartime has always been difficult. Pharaoh Ramesses, after the Battle of Kadesh, portrayed his version in some interestingly distorted ways.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Oct 18-24
Some posts I enjoyed this week: Jane Smiley takes on a historian about the value of historical fiction, a Hittite secret tunnel found in central Turkey castle, King Tut to be repaired properly.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom October 3-10
Note Judith’s Oct 24 historical fiction workshop at Scottsdale Historical Museum ArtiFACT to FICTION.
Here are some posts I enjoyed this week: Stephanie Dray’s 10 Tips for Historical Fiction Authors, ancient Greeks on war, Nefertiti vs Tut, the creative process and random elements, and the Macavity awards in mystery.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Sept 19-25
Posts I enjoyed this week: Alacahöyük hair tie found in Turkey, Egypt approves search for Nefertiti tomb, the Trojan War as Musical Comedy and the BBC to make a new series focused on the Trojan War.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom July 12-17
Posts I enjoyed this week: Etruscan bling by Elisabeth Storrs, Linen fragment with Cleopatra’s father’s name on it, using adj and adverbs wisely by September C Fawkes, and those Greek statues were really brightly colored!
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom July 5-11
Posts I enjoyed around the web this week: Egyptian papyri, Israeli ritual bath 1 C CE, wrap-up HNS from Nicole Evelina, a writing cartoon fr Janet Rudolph & BoookBub advice
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom June 21-25
I’m off to the Historical Novel Society Conference in Denver. Here are the posts I enjoyed this week: “Twitter Novel” cartoon fr Janet Rudolph, humorous very bad reviews for Grey via January Magazine, Catherine of Aragon and Blackfriars by Nancy Bilyeau, 6 million dog mummies found in Egyptian dig, Greek mystery religion fr Samothrace exhibit at Athens Acropolis Museum & Sonoran spring photos by Melissa Crytzer Fry–gorgeous!
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom June 7-13
Some posts I enjoyed this week: French book covers, Egyptology website from Petrie Museum, History of the horse, Amazonian Wonder Woman on a Greek vase
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom May 17-23
Posts I enjoyed around the web this week: Mummy saved fr French dump, writer jokes, Mary, Historical fiction at BEA by Sarah Johnson, The O. Henry Prize winners, & Pirate medicine fr underwater archaeology.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom April 26-May 2
My weekly web favorites: Egyptian Papyrus with hangover remedy, Jane Austen’s world by M.M. Bennetts, conversation about comic war novels with David Abrams and Viet Thanh Nguyen, cartoon via Janet Rudolph, Sudan’s Meroe Pyramids