Ancient History
New Discoveries of Ancient Women Warriors, or Old Bones Revisited
Earlier this week, a news item about the discovery of an ancient woman warrior appeared in my news feed.* Here’s the link if you’re interested: https://bit.ly/2N25WHJ. The story will sound familiar to anyone who’s been paying attention to this kind of thing in recent years: Russian archaeologists discovered the remains in what is now Siberia…
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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Vicky Alvear Shechter
Vicky Alvear Shechter has been on my radar since the days when we both contributed posts to the late, lamented group history blog Wonders and Marvels.* When I learned that she had written a book titled Warrior Queens, which introduces pre-teens to little-known ancient queens who took up arms against invaders and enemies, it was…
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The Story of a Collaboration and a Timeline (And Why You Should Care)
This story begins, as so many of the creative ventures in my life do, with an off-hand comment by a friend.(1) Actually, the story begins six months before that, when I was working on a section of Women Warriors (2) and realized that I wasn’t comfortable writing “The Roman Empire was in crisis in the…
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