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Roundup of Archaeology and History October 13-Oct 19

Archaeology posts I enjoyed this week: Cycladic figurine find on Santorini and the hand of god, Roman-style from Vindolanda England. Also a video of Leonard Nimoy explaining the Jewish origins of his famous hand gesture as Spock because this Roman hand of god find got me thinking about the universality of divine hand gestures.

Roundup of Archaeology and History October 6-12

My new website is live! This week I’m sharing posts about Hittite dragons, the earliest use of nutmeg, the excavation that brought us the Victory of Samothrace and the new Troy Museum

Back in print - book cover of Hand of Fire, by Judith Starkston

Roundup of Archaeology and History September 22-28

Hand of Fire is back in print with a gorgeous new cover. The archaeology post I found fun this week had me daydreaming about which museum basement or storeroom I would most want to sneak into.

photo image Bull Rhyton from Crete

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.