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Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Feb 21-27

My favorite posts this week around the web: an upcoming lecture in Phoenix on Egyptian archaeology, divination dig in Armenia, Nancy Bilyeau on Cromwell & Moore portraits, Sheila Dalton on 17th C contraception.

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom February 7-14

My favorite posts around the web this week: archaeology under siege in Turkey and Egypt, new find in Greece, historical accuracy when a great novel like Wolf Hall goes small screen, and mixing archaeology and imagination in Scotland with Louise Turner.

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Dec 13-19

Favorites around the web this week. In archaeology: a bronze age tomb in Thessaly, Greece, an exhibit of pre-classical Greece in France, 8,000 yr old Israeli olive oil, recreating Egyptian bread. In historical fiction: a post about his fic series with some of my favorite authors in it, a review of All the Light We Cannot See, & insulting people like a good historical fiction writer.

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Dec 6-12

Some posts I enjoyed this week: Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian tombs–and Swedish communists (can’t say I don’t get around in history). In historical fiction, Nancy Bilyeau’s upcoming novel The Tapestry