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.
Roundup of Archaeology and History July 14-July 20
My roundup of history and archaeology: The earliest bread fr a time before agriculture & a newly excavated Chalcolithic picrolite figurine on Cyprus
Roundup of Archaeology and History July 7-July 13
My roundup of history and archaeology: new finds on Cyprus fr rural early Bronze Age life to Hellenistic fortifications, Roman-era plaque with lines of Odyssey found, a history of steel (& iron)
Roundup of Archaeology and History June 30-July 6
My round up of history and archaeology: carbon dating ancient cosmetic residues, the decapitated Pompeii skeleton tells more, Hobby Lobby’s looted tablets reveal details about a lost Mesopotamian city, a dig on Cyprus keeps revealing more and more about its Bronze Age glory.
Roundup of Archaeology and History June 23-June 29
Here’s my weekly roundup of history and archaeology: hidden instructions under the paint of Greek vases, ancient Near Eastern map-making, Sumerians and seafaring, a review of The Storm that I liked as much for what it had to say about writing as for it’s excellent introduction to a new historical novel.