More than once in THE DEADLIEST HATE, Miriam mentions henket, a cheap Egyptian beer made from barley and emmer wheat. On one occasion,...

Little did I know to ask Miriam whether the sphinxes she passed on the Canopic Way were Greek or Egyptian. Only now do I see that it...

Miriam mentions emmer wheat several times in her novels. No wonder. The domesticated variety was a staple in the Egyptian diet, a primary...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE destroyed the Roman cities around the Bay of Naples but preserved their buildings and artefacts....

The judges for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award have selected my latest Miriam bat Isaac Mystery as a finalist in the mystery...

Isis was a major goddess in ancient Egypt. (See my blog of September 22, 2015.) Miriam mentions the importance of the cult in THE...

Reed pens were the most common writing implement during Miriam’s time. For centuries, they’d been made by cutting and shaping the hollow...

The Romans perfected firing clay bricks during Miriam’s time, the first-century CE. Previously, the only kind of bricks were mudbricks...

In THE DEADLIEST LIE, Miriam tells her aunt why she studies alchemy: I want to make it safe to study metals. If I can make an apparatus...

One of Jesus’s reported miracles was that of cleansing a leper. Like many diseases, leprosy was considered a form of divine punishment...