May 2015 in Review

This is an index and summary of the things I’ve talked about over the last month. Links for multi-post subjects go to the first post (even if it’s before this month), you can follow the internal navigation links from there.

Books

Fiction

“The Sea Thy Mistress” Elizabeth Bear – third book in the Edda of Burdens series. New.

Total: 1

Photos

All Seeing.

And I Must Scream …

Look to the Stars.

Looking for the Greener Grass.

Symbols of Power.

Total: 5

Radio

The Photon – In Our Time episode about light & photons.

Total: 1

Talks

“The Ark Tablet: How the Life of an Assyriologist Could be Transformed by a Single Tablet with Sixty Lines of Writing” Irving Finkel – the fourth talk in the BSS Study Day on cuneiform.

“Egyptian Fortifications in Canaan” Rupert Chapman – talk at the May EEG meeting.

“The Royal Game of Ur: From Ancient Grave to Modern Rebirth” Irving Finkel – the third part of the BSS Study Day on cuneiform.

Total: 3

Television

Non-Fiction

Cleopatra: A Timewatch Guide – a rather substandard programme about how our ideas of Cleopatra have changed over the years.

Total: 1

Trip

Egypt Holiday 2014: Seti I Temple at Abydos.

Egypt Holiday 2014: Ramesses II Temple at Abydos.

Egypt Holiday 2014: Dendara Temple.

Total: 3