In this week’s post I show how I wrangle order out of chaos in the plotting of my next fantasy novel, and I share two archaeology updates about imaging Linear B and an intact Greek shipwreck that looks just like the “Siren Vase” in the British Museum
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.
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
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.
2018-2019 AZ Historical Novel Society Calendar
My round up of archaeology and history: a sad wolf mummy, a new sphinx and some miniature Neolithic masks and the tale they tell.
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.
My review of Rebecca Kuang’s The Poppy War. If you love fantasy that is enriched with a deep foundation of history and that asks the biggest questions about how human beings treat each other, then definitely read Rebecca Kuang’s The Poppy War.
Bronze Age Minoan graves uncover intriguing bling and the oldest cheese-making evidence
My roundup of history and archaeology: from a Greek helmet to uncovered Venus and Bronze Age salt mines.
