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Publication of Priestess of Ishana and two remarkable archaeological finds: a sexy Pompeian fresco and a gear of the Antikythera mechanism

Priestess of Ishana, 1st book in my new series, is now available. In archaeology news, new fresco discovered in Pompeii and another gear of the Antikythera mechanism

Book cover for The Blue by Nancy Bilyeau

Review of The Blue, by Nancy Bilyeau

My review of Nancy Bilyeau’s The Blue. Fast-paced action, passionate emotions, international intrigue and life or death stakes propel the reader through this outstanding historical thriller set in 18th century London, Derby and France.

Cover Reveal, Mummified Cats and Scarabs, Found: Lost Greek City Built by Trojan Captives

The cover reveal for Priestess of Ishana, and the archaeology posts I enjoyed: newly found Egyptian tombs filled with cat and scarab mummies, and the lost city of Tenea built by Trojan captives has been found

World-Building one room at a time, Egyptian archaeology & fantasy, WWI artifact with heart

My favorite writing project this week: build a better fictional room. Archaeology posts I enjoyed: mysterious Egyptian discoveries and a WWI artifact with heart

Hittite seal of Queen Puduhepa

Tucson Comic-Con, Chalcolithic geometric seal, Bible Museum’s “dead-sea scroll” forgeries

I’m off to Tucson Comic-Con this weekend to hang out with fantasy writers. From archaeology around the web this week, an extremely early geometric seal and some “dead sea scroll” forgeries from the Bible Museum

image of Siren Vase of Odysseus' Ship in the British Museum

Plotting Fantasy amidst Chaos, Uncovering Linear B & Intact “Odysseus” Shipwreck

In this week’s post I show how I wrangle order out of chaos in the plotting of my next fantasy novel, and I share two archaeology updates about imaging Linear B and an intact Greek shipwreck that looks just like the “Siren Vase” in the British Museum

Roundup of Archaeology and History October 13-Oct 19

Archaeology posts I enjoyed this week: Cycladic figurine find on Santorini and the hand of god, Roman-style from Vindolanda England. Also a video of Leonard Nimoy explaining the Jewish origins of his famous hand gesture as Spock because this Roman hand of god find got me thinking about the universality of divine hand gestures.

Roundup of Archaeology and History October 6-12

My new website is live! This week I’m sharing posts about Hittite dragons, the earliest use of nutmeg, the excavation that brought us the Victory of Samothrace and the new Troy Museum

Back in print - book cover of Hand of Fire, by Judith Starkston

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.