Celebrate the Season
Have fun with friends and family during the holidays. Stay warm and safe. The basket of painted cookies above is my holiday baking effort. If you subscribe to my author newsletter, you received the recipe, but I didn’t have any completed cookies to show. (If you’d like the recipe, just leave a comment below).
Mesopotamia Murder Mystery
In case you are longing for an archaeological diversion, here’s an article in Ancient Near East Today, “Mesopotamia Murder Mystery,” about a curious find of two murder victims and the mystery their “grave” presents archaeologists. The bodies come from the excavations at Tell Mohammed Diyab (located in northeastern Syria).
For a different take on Mesopotamia, here for a post about magical medicines of Mesopotamia and Greece.