Puduhepa’s Diplomacy: Ancient Cold War Resolved by a Marriage
Queen Puduhepa takes on Ramses II and secures a lasting peace. Read all about it.
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Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction March 11-17
My weekly roundup of posts: Monumental statue rises from the Nile’s muck but it’s not Ramses II, reinterpreting Olmec governance at Tres Zapotes, the contradictory messages of the black tank top in costuming the BadAss Woman in film and fiction
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction March 4-10
Here is my weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: carved statues from Chinese mythology, trying to assess and fix damage to archaeology from armed conflict, ancient use of mind altering plants and fermented drinks, and a cool rock cut underground labyrinth that is probably a 19th C fantasy by some rich guy, but is falsely attributed to the Knights Templar
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Feb 25-March 3
My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: third gender in the ancient Near East, Roman luxury baths in France, Marylee MacDonald’s literary fiction, AIA lecture on ISIS and crowdsourcing cyber archaeology, discovery of a huge unexpected Roman gate in Israel
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Feb 18-24
My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: traditional religious resurgence during Ptolemaic period in Egypt, Walter Scott Prize long list in historical fiction, Ramses II gets a redo (his statue anyway)
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Feb 11-17
My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed from around the web: Many of the Met’s photos are now open use, searching behind Tut’s tomb for Nefertiti, the Pueblo Revolt gets a new, nuanced look from archaeological evidence, the Hyksos in Egypt also get a new look from dig evidence
Review of Death Ex Machina by Gary Corby
If you haven’t found Gary Corby’s hilarious Athenian mystery series yet, here’s a review of Death Ex Machina to entice you.
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Feb 4-10
My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed from around the web: Roman shipwreck full of garum, new Egyptian scribe’s tomb find, help with archaeological discovery at GlobalXplorer, Aegean island of Keros full of cycladic statues and monumental buildings
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction January 28-Feb 3
My weekly round up of posts I enjoyed: bronze statue of Aphrodite found off coast of Italy, Archaeology Mag’s top 10 discoveries of 2016, a cartoon for our times, archaeological finds in Israel confirm importance of Jewish purity practices in 2nd Temple period.
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction January 21-27
My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: A new understanding of the 10th C BCE Timna mining camp in Israel, examining bones of ancient Egyptian children to study their health, and the tablets from ancient Mari show diplomacy could be rocky back then and tragic