My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: extinction of the shellfish that produced ancient purple dye, clarification about the lost ancient Greek city–not so lost, Bronze Age grave of girl in elaborate diadem tells a sad story, mythology in Harry Potter
Some posts I enjoyed from around the web this week: the Medicis and multiracial families, recording of Virginia Woolf on words and why writing isn’t a craft, and the 2016 archaeological finds in Bulgaria.
Here are some posts I enjoyed this week: sensational Bronze Age finds at Hala Sultan Tekke on Cyprus, Roman mosaic of Poseidon in Turkey uncovered, Olympian not Olympic cycling, ancient synagogue in Galilee and the discovery of a secret tunnel at the venerable dig at Alacahöyük Turkey
Some posts I enjoyed around the web this week: Aeneas’s journey in replica ships, Bamburgh Castle’s Anglo-Saxon cosmopolitan court
Posts I enjoyed from around the web this week: Hamilton, the Revolution as writing guide, Roman bones reveal widespread arthritis, Tut’s outer space dagger, Mesopotamian Foundation Figures at the Morgan & a Classics librarian goes punk
Posts I enjoyed from around the web this week: Roman tavern in France shows shift from Celtic culture, a cartoon of writerly humor and the mystery of what’s behind King Tut’s tomb continues with ever greater details
A delightful time at Left Coast Crime and some posts I enjoyed from around the web: chance find of Clovis people and mammoth, learning dialogue, 31 Mycenaean burials
Join me Feb 25-28 at Left Coast Crime. Here are some posts from around the web that I enjoyed this week: badger turns Bronze Age archaeologist, Roman restaurant in France, the Homer reading club talks Achilles and Harper Lee memories.
I had a great time at the San Diego State University Writers’ Conference, details inside. Here are some posts I enjoyed this week: ancient footprints found near Tucson, new findings fr a venerable, excellent archaeological dig in Turkey, Çatalhöyük, linguists date your childhood fairytales to the Bronze Age, and an overview article about Hittites (in case you haven’t yet got the picture from this website…)
There’s still time to attend the San Diego State University Writers’ Conference. Here are some posts I enjoyed this week: New temple found on Acropolis, old ship found buried in Alexandria Virginia, Etruscan lecture sponsored by the AIA, astronomical dating of Odysseus?
