Roundup of Archaeology and History September 22-28
Hand of Fire is back in print with a gorgeous new cover. The archaeology post I found fun this week had me daydreaming about which museum basement or storeroom I would most want to sneak into.
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Roundup of Archaeology and History September 15-21
My round up of archaeology and history: a sad wolf mummy, a new sphinx and some miniature Neolithic masks and the tale they tell.
Roundup of Archaeology and History September 8-14
Some posts I enjoyed this week, including Babylonian omens in lunar eclipses, the true demise of the Library of Alexandria, early cultic finds at the Cretan palace of Zominthos and sleuthing out a fake cuneiform tablet.
Roundup of Archaeology and History August 18-24
My roundup of history and archaeology: On Crete a humble untouched Bronze Age tomb gives insight into the “regular” folk and in Egypt an early mummy gives up its embalming recipe
Roundup of Archaeology and History August 11 – August 17
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: a 4th c BCE pebble mosaic of cupid and swans, “ancient baking” of cuneiform pop-tarblets, an upcoming novel of Troy and Briseis by Man Booker winner Pat Barker
Roundup of Archaeology and History July 28-August 3
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: New Bronze Age Cyprus finds that reveal sudden departure of inhabitants in the face of acute danger and a ‘Romeo & Juliet’ burial along with a chariot driven by 2 sacrificed horses fr Bronze Age Kazakhstan
Roundup of Archaeology and History July 21-July 27
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: Geophysical survey reveals 15 more temples and 200 standing stones at Turkey’s Göbeklitepe Neolithic site and the most disappointing Egyptian sarcophagus ever reveals its sealed contents.
Roundup of Archaeology and History July 14-July 20
My roundup of history and archaeology: The earliest bread fr a time before agriculture & a newly excavated Chalcolithic picrolite figurine on Cyprus
Roundup of Archaeology and History July 7-July 13
My roundup of history and archaeology: new finds on Cyprus fr rural early Bronze Age life to Hellenistic fortifications, Roman-era plaque with lines of Odyssey found, a history of steel (& iron)
Roundup of Archaeology and History June 30-July 6
My round up of history and archaeology: carbon dating ancient cosmetic residues, the decapitated Pompeii skeleton tells more, Hobby Lobby’s looted tablets reveal details about a lost Mesopotamian city, a dig on Cyprus keeps revealing more and more about its Bronze Age glory.