Tag Archive | archaeology
Guest author: D. J. Farrington – Burning Belief
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
View over the Corryvreckan toward Eilean Beag and the Island of Jura. Image: © Tony Page I’ve never had children. Never had a maternal instinct in my life. But that, I’m sure, is due to my remembering my past death. A long, slow, agonising attempt to give…
Britain’s Earliest Mummy and the People of Wor Barrow
The Historic England Blog Long barrows are the burial places of Britain’s early farming communities and are the oldest monuments surviving in our landscape. These earthen mounds acted as funeral monuments during the Early Neolithic (3700-3500 BC) and reveal much about the communities buried within them. Peter Marshall, Historic England’s Scientific Dating Coordinator and Jonathan […]
Discovered by Disaster: 6 Astounding Archaeological Finds from Environmental Change
The Historic England Blog Those of us working with the past can occasionally be viewed as stuck in it, not wanting things to change, but actually for archaeologists change is our bread and butter. We are obsessed with how, and why, people and their places have changed through time. Sometimes dramatic changes in the environment […]
The Judas Apocalypse & Can’t Buy Me Love Q&A @DanMcNeil888
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
A lover of history who says his books don’t have a message, they’re entertainment. Honesty. Gotta love that, right? I will repeat that phrase later. Dan McNeil is someone I would hate if he wasn’t such a nice guy. He’s writing the dream I want and am working to…
If at first…
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Alex This weekend we try again. If the weather doesn’t postpone the attempt once more my sons will be jumping out of a plane from over 10,000ft at around 120mph on Saturday. I did try to instil some common sense into them as they grew. Honestly I…
The Owl of the Sipan Lord – Review
Another 5 star review! Shadows of El Brujo? By John R. Dizon The Owl of the Sipan Lord by Viv Drewa is an action-packed adventure novel centered on the exploits of Clare Montgomery, a widowed 52-year-old archaeologist. She goes on a vision quest to Peru along with Cord Willoughby, intent on discovering the secrets of […]
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 