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Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction June 26-30

My weekly roundup of posts (and doings): the Historical Novel Society conference, archaeology & video games for real, carved skulls at Göbekli Tepe Neolithic site in Turkey & Egypt’s last colonial stand at Jaffa in Canaan

Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction June 10-16

My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: Cemetery at Amarna reveals child labor and abuse, DNA from mummies reveals changes over time in Egyptian connectedness to other peoples, cat fur for coats in Medieval period–yuck, Roman bath comes to light in Chichester and ASOR blog on Sumerian art’s influence on modern art

Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction June 3-9

My weekly roundup of posts from around the web: development of Greek revealed in almost extinct dialect spoken in Turkish village, Egyptian artifact lost in WWII returns to Germany, Roman frescoes in catacombs get a laser cleaning

Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction May 13-19

My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: Mary Beard’s review of 2 novels based in Greek myth, the finds from building metro in Thessaloniki Greece from Alex the Great to Roman, Alex Tizon’s essay “My Family’s Slave” and etiquette ancient Egyptian style

Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction May 6-12

Here is my weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: Egyptian tomb gardens, Mausoleum of Augustus to be restored, Viking cave with mysterious contents, legal papyri fr Israel reveal daily life of women, marketing advice for authors from Jane Friedman

Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction April 29-May 5

My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: interpreting Idalion Cyprus’s temples and artifacts, new tomb near Luxor Egypt with bonus mummies, new Mycenaean tomb at Salamina Greece, Roman northern Britain new finds including keys, coin manufacture and inkpots

Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction April 22-28

Here’s my weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: The New Yorker objects to comparing the war of the Iliad to modern war, a fantasy story by Beth Cato, mapping fictional worlds and Mesopotamian beer-Enkibru anyone?

Book cover - For the Winner by Emily Hauser

Review of For the Winner by Emily Hauser

My review of Emily Hauser’s For the Winner, an enchanting, dramatic novel that brings to life iconic mythic characters, including a woman whose voice had long been silenced.

Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction April 15-21

My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: website of films set in ancient Egypt, a new pyramid found, a lecture on the historical basis of the Trojan War and another on Hellenistic temples in the Peloponnese.