Last weekend the family went to visit Newark, Ohio on a research trip for some storylines I want to write for The Way to Freedom series. I wanted to have a look firsthand at the prehistoric earthworks that are located around the area. There are quite a few of them! The Newark Earthworks are the largest…
I thought that I might tell you all a little bit about where I got the idea for the group known as ‘The Kalarthri’. The Kalarthri are drawn from the second born children of the Suene Empire and are used as an indentured ‘slave’ workforce for a period of thirty years. After that, the Kalarthri are pensioned off…
Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China by Ann Paludan This is an excellent history book. It is well organized and a useful reference work for projects and information purposes. It is also well enough written to be an enjoyable read. It does not pretend to be a general/complete…
Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube This book is chock full of site plans and photos, artifacts and loads of maps. This is a highly informative work considering that most of Maya history comes from the Glyphs/writing left on buildings and monuments….
Forgotten Roots – by Roger Whitten Barnes Forgotten Roots is a ‘sort of’ murder mystery told through different timelines set in both the modern-day Canadian Province of Ontario and the area of Ohio and Ontario of the 1800’s. I liked the idea behind this story, but had issues following the three different storylines. For the…
A small hammer dating to the 10th century was found recently on the Danish Island of Lolland. Over 1000 of these amulets have been found across Northern Europe but the pendant from Lolland is the only one with a runic inscription. This particular torshammere (Thor’s Hammer Amulet) was found at Købelev and reported to the Museum Lolland-Falster archaeologist Anders Rasmussen by detectorist Torben…
By Owen Jarus, Archaeology is fundamentally the study of humanity and its past. Archaeologists study things that were created, used or changed by humans. They do this by studying the material remains — the stuff we leave behind, such as lithic tools, a simple hut dwelling, a skeleton covered with gold jewelry or a pyramid…
Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome by Christopher Scarre This is an excellent history book. It is well organized and a useful reference work for projects and information purposes. It is also well enough written to be an enjoyable read. It does not pretend to be a general/complete…
Republican Rome by H. L. Havell. Even though this book was written in 1914, it does not read like a ‘stodgy’ history book. It is very easy to read, is not biased to any line of history and is a very good book for those who are interested in the early Roman Republic. Havell is…
