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Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom June 18-24

Some posts I enjoyed around the web this week: Mystery cults in Roman Britain, interview with Amalia Carosella about Helen of Sparta, digital fatigue and ebooks, the lopsided Great Pyramid of Giza, an Ode to Disappointment

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom June 11-17

Some posts I enjoyed from around the web this week: a list of 21 historical novels you may not have read but should, new monument at Petra found and a video reconstructing Patroclus’s pyre fr Eleutherna, Crete”s new museum and archaeological dig.

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom June 4-10

Posts from around the web that I enjoyed this week: Earliest Roman writing in London rises from the mud, what’s the difference between literary and commercial fiction? Roman curse tablets from Britain (my we’re getting very “early literary” fr Britain this week…), a writer’s cartoon and the shipwreck archaeological site where the Antikythera mechanism was found gets a new more technologically capable look.

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom May 28-June 3

Posts I enjoyed from around the web this week: Hamilton, the Revolution as writing guide, Roman bones reveal widespread arthritis, Tut’s outer space dagger, Mesopotamian Foundation Figures at the Morgan & a Classics librarian goes punk

What’s New and Old and Read All Over? The state of fiction set in the ancient world

I recently conducted a series of interviews with many writers of fiction set in the ancient world and put together one of the cover articles for Historical Novels Review. Ordinarily you need to be a member (which I highly recommend you become!) to read the magazine, but I’m allowed to post it here as an enticement.

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom May 21-27

Some personal news, Hand of Fire is transitioning to a new publishing home and some posts I enjoyed from around the web: the excavations of Shakespeare’s Curtain theatre continue to surprise and a paper arguing that Roman women had more independence than we thought. (kind of depends on what you thought…)

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom May 14-20

Some posts I enjoyed from around the web this week: Athenian Trireme sails again, Bronze Age Cyprus wowing with size and reach, Tut disappointment, writing from a cartoon

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom May 7-13

Here are some posts I enjoyed around the web this week: Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre excavated, Tarkhan Dress Oldest clothing dated, Mayan ruins or not, MM Bennetts finalists, gallery of historical novels

Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom April 30-May 6

AZ Historical Novel Society, quail babies and some posts I enjoyed this week around the web: literacy in Pompeii, a huge stash of Roman coins found in Spain and keeping guns out of fairy tales.