WAS ALEXANDER’S DEATH NATURAL OR WAS HE POISONED?
Alexander the Great died in Babylon at the age of 32 after suffering ten days of a high fever. Theories concerning the cause of his death...
Who do you think you are? Cleopatra?
Unlike today, fashions were slow to change in the Ancient World. Without steel needles, sewing was a difficult craft. The women had a few...
Get along better in Roman Alexandria
Wanna get along better in Roman Alexandria? One way, of course, is to read the thrill-packed historical adventures in the Miriam bat...
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT VOMITING?
According to some biologists, the smell of one person’s vomit can trigger vomiting in others. This reaction is regarded as an advantage...
Ready to see and be seen?
Miriam would go to the agora, the central marketplace in Alexandria, just to see and be seen. She describes it for us in THE DEADLIEST...
Is there a jewel thief on board? A murderer?
A Roman cargo ship like the one Miriam and Phoebe took to Caesarea in THE DEADLIEST HATE (see my blog of April 14, 2015), the Thalia...
Alexandria’s Sleazy Waterfront Inns
In THE DEADLIEST HATE, Miriam describes The Pegasus: The public room was virtually empty save for the ferocious flies. Strewn about the...
The Angel of Death: Charon (Part III)
In The Deadliest Sport (Miriam’s third adventure, coming soon), Gershon, an aficionado of the games, blinks slowly for a moment before...
Charon, the Ferryman of Hades (Part II)
I neared an alley between the shell of an old slaughterhouse—no amount of sand or sawdust could blanket its stench—and an abandoned...