Roundup of Archaeology and History September 15-21
My round up of archaeology and history: a sad wolf mummy, a new sphinx and some miniature Neolithic masks and the tale they tell.
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Judith Starkston
Judith Starkston has spent too much time exploring the remains of the ancient worlds of the Greeks and Hittites. Their myths and clashes inspire her fiction and open gates to magical realms. She has degrees in Classics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and Cornell. She loves myths and telling stories, and her novels imbue fantasy with the richness of ancient worlds. The first book in her Trojan Threads Series, Hand of Fire was a semi-finalist for the M.M. Bennett’s Award for Historical Fiction. Priestess of Ishana, the first in her historical fantasy Tesha series, won the San Diego State University Conference Choice Award. Judith is represented by Richard Curtis.
Roundup of Archaeology and History September 8-14
Some posts I enjoyed this week, including Babylonian omens in lunar eclipses, the true demise of the Library of Alexandria, early cultic finds at the Cretan palace of Zominthos and sleuthing out a fake cuneiform tablet.
Review of The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
My review of Rebecca Kuang’s The Poppy War. If you love fantasy that is enriched with a deep foundation of history and that asks the biggest questions about how human beings treat each other, then definitely read Rebecca Kuang’s The Poppy War.
Roundup of Archaeology and History September 1-7
Bronze Age Minoan graves uncover intriguing bling and the oldest cheese-making evidence
Roundup of Archaeology and History August 25-31
My roundup of history and archaeology: from a Greek helmet to uncovered Venus and Bronze Age salt mines.
Roundup of Archaeology and History August 18-24
My roundup of history and archaeology: On Crete a humble untouched Bronze Age tomb gives insight into the “regular” folk and in Egypt an early mummy gives up its embalming recipe
Review of The Year-God’s Daughter by Rebecca Lochlann
My review of The Year-God’s Daughter by Rebecca Lochlann. Lochlann takes her reader into the mythic, mystical world of Minoan Crete with vibrancy and power.
Roundup of Archaeology and History August 11 – August 17
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: a 4th c BCE pebble mosaic of cupid and swans, “ancient baking” of cuneiform pop-tarblets, an upcoming novel of Troy and Briseis by Man Booker winner Pat Barker
Roundup of Archaeology and History July 28-August 3
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: New Bronze Age Cyprus finds that reveal sudden departure of inhabitants in the face of acute danger and a ‘Romeo & Juliet’ burial along with a chariot driven by 2 sacrificed horses fr Bronze Age Kazakhstan
Roundup of Archaeology and History July 21-July 27
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: Geophysical survey reveals 15 more temples and 200 standing stones at Turkey’s Göbeklitepe Neolithic site and the most disappointing Egyptian sarcophagus ever reveals its sealed contents.