……’Whatever Happened to Ishtar?’ by Anne Frandi-Coory

Source: ……’Whatever Happened to Ishtar?’ by Anne Frandi-Coory

This is a book written by my dear friend Anne Frandi-Coory  It tells of her life after being abandoned by her mother at ten months of age, and from then on she lived a life of abuse and neglect in the Mercy Orphanage for the Poor and at the hands of her Lebanese father’s family.

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Codebreakers and Groundbreakers

Source: Codebreakers and Groundbreakers

This post is a must read. I only wish I could get to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

 

Stone Age Britons feasted while building Stonehenge

via Stone Age Britons feasted while building Stonehenge

 

Why I consider the Linear B syllabary to be a streamlined refinement of the Linear A syllabary and not a new syllabary

Source: Why I consider the Linear B syllabary to be a streamlined refinement of the Linear A syllabary and not a new syllabary

THIS  IS  AMAZING.

 

CRITICAL POST: Ancient words from 3,000 – 1,200 BCE in modern English

Source: CRITICAL POST: Ancient words from 3,000 – 1,200 BCE in modern English

FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED IN ANCIENT LANUAGES HERE IS A BRILLIANT POST FROM RICHARD VALLANCE EXPLAINING HOW THESE ANCIENT LANGUAGES PROGRESSED OVER TIME.

 

Predynastic rock art discovered south of Aswan.

via Predynastic rock art discovered south of Aswan – The Archaeology News Network

 

Detectorists find unique Roman bronze hoard in the UK.

via Detectorists find unique Roman bronze hoard in the UK – The Archaeology News Network