One of these not-so-far-off days, I’ll write the follow up book to Hand of Fire, my novel set in the Trojan War with Briseis as the main character. She might go to the island of Cyprus, perhaps even to the Bronze Age city that is now the archaeological site called Hala Sultan Tekke
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.
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: season report from a Cyprus Bronze Age site, zero’s earliest showing, a Viking sword, ancient copper smelting, technology and Homer.
My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed: Upcoming AIA lecture on the underwater archaeology of Athens and Corinth harbors on Feb 23 in Mesa, AZ, Surgeon’s room with medical tools found in Nea Paphos, Cyprus, DNA of a skeleton found near Troy reveals early evidence of maternal infection, Historical Fiction Round Table on Sophie Schiller’s blog
Here’s my weekly roundup: Mycenaean shaft grave creates a new view of Mycenaean/Minoan relations, Hagia Sophia’s acoustics, Menorah carved into cave indicates a 2nd Temple hideout, Troy gets a museum, 2016 dig finds at Paphos Cyprus
My weekly roundup of posts: silk traces found in Neolithic grave in China, Paphos Cyprus has a mystic and sexual past that’s drawing attention, along with some gorgeous mosaics, Egyptian pot burials get a new interpretation as wombs to the afterlife
Posts I enjoyed from around the web: a Hittite village to be built at the UNESCO site of Hattusa (otherwise known as the capital of the Hittite Empire), really, really old maps (maybe), recreating the Queen of Sheba’s perfume (also used by one of my characters, a blind woman you’ll really like), the cosmopolitan world of Late Bronze Age Cyprus and the Old World might not have chatted with the New World as early as some people think.
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 from around the web this week: Athenian Trireme sails again, Bronze Age Cyprus wowing with size and reach, Tut disappointment, writing from a cartoon
Some posts I enjoyed around the web this week: the latest finds at Hala Sultan Tekke Cyprus, underwater archaeology at Corinth Greece, the desert year in review by Melissa Crytzer Fry & a smuggled Hittite Seal comes to Çorum.
