Roundup of Archaeology and History April 21-27
My weekly roundup of archaeology and history: Ancient games, a Roman sundial and Amazons
My weekly roundup of archaeology and history: Ancient games, a Roman sundial and Amazons
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology (and this week Greek Mythology, both ancient and modern reinterpretations): Review of Stephen Fry’s Mythos on Eidolon, a discussion of 10 novels that use Greek myth on Signature and the transformation of dice across history and what it shows about human beliefs.
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: wine-making by Roman Pliny, real Amazons & other topics of popular ancient history with Adrienne Mayor, exploring a still-buried district in Pompeii
My roundup of history and archaeology: a lecture on the Delphic Oracle, Roman mosaics found in Caesaria, Troy Fall of a City’s Achilles talks about his part, a cartoon, thinking about awkward moments in the Odyssey in the Paris Review, Roman temples with poison gas emissions and playing with Roman dice.
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: digging up the Battle of Salamis, Viking beer and hot stones, Herod’s fortress in Jordan reveals a ritual bath, volunteer archaeologists uncover Roman mosaics of Greek mythology.
My weekly roundup of posts about archaeology, history and historical fiction: now it’s antimony that caused the fall of the Roman empire, Canaanite temple excavated w/ ceramic masks, figurines & stelae, conserving Herculaneum’s frescoes w/ xrays that reveal the chemistry & the high status of lemons among Romans.
Some posts I enjoyed this week: One of the Egyptian Sunken Cities from the British Museum exhibit, Why writers help each other, Val McDermid shows class in the face of anti-feminist, new finds in Israel paint a revised view of the Great Revolt
Some posts I enjoyed this week around the web: Mary Beard, author of SPQR, new history of Rome takes on age-repelled trolls, the Colosseum gets a makeover, Hatshepsut carving found, book giveaway tips and Roman skeleton mosaic in Antioch
Review of Call to Juno, the 3rd in Elisabeth Storrs series set in the ancient Etruscan and Roman world. “A book for long, delicious savoring.”
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