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
My round up of history and archaeology: new confirmation drought contributed to end of Mycenaeans, Spanish galleon shipwreck with treasure found, new frescoes from Pompeii excavated
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: Bronze helmet of the sort worn by Greek hoplites in the 5th century found in the Black Sea region and the earliest horse bit in the Near East found dating to 2700 BCE
Here’s my weekly roundup of history and archaeology: Letters to the editor by some iconic writers, an archaeologist’s dream find in Kurdish Iraq–written evidence of the name of the city, the earliest evidence of the alphabet found in an Egyptian tomb
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: Blackbeard’s pirate book club, Byzantine mosaic returned to Cyprus, 550 year old mass child sacrifice discovered in Peru
My weekly roundup of history and archaeology: forgotten limestone carving of Hatshepsut turns up in storage in Wales, wacky anti-history and anti-archaeology show on the Travel Channel, a horse burial in Sudan reveals high value on horses among Kushites and Egyptians
