My weekly roundup of posts I enjoyed this week: Lost works of Greek tragedy might be more about magic, sex and happy endings; cuneiform tablet cookies; Hypatia, Alexandria’s female scholar and Obama’s reflections upon visiting the Acropolis.
Posts I enjoyed from around the web: a Hittite village to be built at the UNESCO site of Hattusa (otherwise known as the capital of the Hittite Empire), really, really old maps (maybe), recreating the Queen of Sheba’s perfume (also used by one of my characters, a blind woman you’ll really like), the cosmopolitan world of Late Bronze Age Cyprus and the Old World might not have chatted with the New World as early as some people think.
Attend Nov 12 AZ Historical Novel Society Meeting and Learn Social Media from two pros, Chandler Longbons and Emma Totten. Calling all authors!
Some posts I enjoyed this week: A giant Bronze Age shipyard on Dana Island in Turkey, violent burials in the ancient Southwest suggest blood feuds & biggest ancient Japanese sword ever
Some posts I enjoyed this week: AIA lecture on Sex, Politics and Intoxication in Etruria, human sacrifice on Mt. Lykaion, xrays reveal the inside scoop on Athenian vases and Ireland’s mythic mound reveals the origins of Halloween
Posts I enjoyed this week: thinking about Dylan as Nobel Laureate, touring Pompeii via 3D, dangerous streets of Rome from Mary Beard, ancient grape seeds in Turkey, Egyptian mummies preserve the heart but not the brain
Some posts I enjoyed this week: 17th C cosmetics w/ lead and patches, writing advice from James Scott Bell on using description to turn readers into fans, an intentionally desecrated gate-shrine uncovered in Israel
Some posts I enjoyed this week from around the web: Kybele statue fr Roman period found in Turkey, Acropolis repairs cause controversy, En-Gedi scroll “read” high tech-style, grammar cartoon
Some posts I enjoyed this week: Godnapping in the Ancient Near East, 8,000 figurine representing “old woman power?”, fringe Briseis, headless sculptures at Göbekli Tepe
Some posts I enjoyed from around the web: Greek vase goes live, metal on an Egyptian boat, everything about Roman stoneworking, Hittite stamp seal from Puduhepa’s hometown and what about those Sea People?
