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
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
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.
My roundup of history and archaeology: The earliest bread fr a time before agriculture & a newly excavated Chalcolithic picrolite figurine on Cyprus
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)
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.
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.
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: What a stone windowsill can say–Greek and Latin practice writing reveals life in the castle associated with King Arthur
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: Faience head of Biblical king found in Israel w/ compelling expression, “Even Homer Nods” poetry inspired by the Iliad, new Pompeii finds despite dig moratorium
My roundup of history and archaeology: in Turkey a saint’s shrine turns out to be tomb of ancient Greek athlete, in Pompeii newly excavated skeleton was crushed by stone as he escaped, follow up find under said skeleton-his coin purse & what it shows about his class & social standing
