Here is my roundup of archaeology and history: Variations on the myths of Ishtar, the original goddess of love and war and a mysterious Luwian tablet, now translated, tells of a Trojan prince and his naval battle with Ashkelon, and I include photos from Madrid’s National Archaeology Museum’s extraordinary collection
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 history and archaeology: a list of best book review blogs, newly discovered Egyptian tomb of a goldsmith, Kültepe’s 23,000 clay tablets of early Anatolian writing, 7,000 yr old ceramic storage silo model reveals economic power in Jordan Valley, and a new, pretty amazing Mycenaean rock cut chamber tomb with untouched remains and grave goods.
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 round up of archaeology and history: AIA lecture on Angor daily life, Uffington Horse is a Sun Horse from myth, Egyptian Pharaohs used magic & intimidation to crush their enemies, Mycenaeans tombs come to light at Nemea
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.
My weekly roundup of archaeology, history and historical fiction: the year’s calendar for AZ Historical Novel Society’s meetings, Iron Age multi-lingual stela in Spain proves mysterious, a post suggesting YHWH and Dionysius the same god, and writing advice about staying invisible with deep POV
My weekly roundup of archaeology, history and historical fiction: Neolithic monumental ritual space in Near East Gobekli Tepe in detail, Sarah Bond’s review of summer’s best archaeological finds, Egyptian Pharaoh was a literal giant? and huge Iron Age female stone statue gets some dubious interpretation (in my humble opinion)
My weekly roundup of posts about archaeology and history: digging up Norse kings or gods in Sweden, Roman barracks in the subway, a new tomb in Egypt, archaeology in Egypt and Nubia, the genetics of Mycenaeans and Minoans, the Chinese epic horse show to tell the Trojan War
My weekly roundup of archaeology and historical fiction: excavation at Carchemish dug by Lawrence of Arabia seeking tourists, new mosaic at Antalya Turkey depicting Iphigenia’s sacrifice, Netflix casts creatively for Troy: Fall of a City, can historical fiction be feminist without messing with history (yes, it can!).
