Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Sept 17-23
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
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Sept 10-16
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?
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction Sept 3-9
Some posts I enjoyed from around the web this week: the Medicis and multiracial families, recording of Virginia Woolf on words and why writing isn’t a craft, and the 2016 archaeological finds in Bulgaria.
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction August 27-Sept 2
Posts I enjoyed this week: Antinous gets it together, sensible book marketing idea, the whisperers of Belarus, Hurrian Hymn in cuneiform is oldest melody
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction August 20-26
Here are some posts I enjoyed this week: sensational Bronze Age finds at Hala Sultan Tekke on Cyprus, Roman mosaic of Poseidon in Turkey uncovered, Olympian not Olympic cycling, ancient synagogue in Galilee and the discovery of a secret tunnel at the venerable dig at Alacahöyük Turkey
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction August 13-19
Some posts I enjoyed this week: One of the Egyptian Sunken Cities from the British Museum exhibit, Why writers help each other, Val McDermid shows class in the face of anti-feminist, new finds in Israel paint a revised view of the Great Revolt
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction August 6-12
Posts I enjoyed this week from around the web: Reading books lengthens your life, fabric from King David’s reign found preserved in a copper mine and actively defending the passive voice, a grammar geek’s happiness.
Networking for Authors: What, Why and How? and an update for the Arizona Chapter of the Historical Novel Society
Update on September 17 meeting of Arizona Historical Novel Society and my talk on Networking for Authors, given to AZHNS last spring.
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction July 30-August 5
Some posts from around the web that I enjoyed this week: a miniature Ceres found fr Roman Britain, learning to write from hummingbirds, identifying the historical context of Athenian shackled remains, the secret language of Victorian fans and tracking down the first chefs.
Weekly Roundup of Archaeology, History and Historical Fiction July 23-29
Here are some posts from around the web that I enjoyed this week: More precise dating of the ancient Near East using tree-ring data, Scythian burial mound reveals extraordinary golden art and modern dance takes up the Trojan War