

Why didn’t the alchemists realize the “gold” they made was bogus?
Two hundred and fifty years before Miriam bat Isaac’s time, Archimedes proved that King Hiero’s crown could not possibly be pure gold but...


Insight into the Ancient Art of Alchemy
The word “papyrus” can refer to the plant, Cyperus papyrus; to the thin, paper-like material made from the plant; or to a particular...


Miriam pinpoints the provenance of an alchemical document by the quality of its papyrus
Papyrus is a thin paper-like material made from the triangular stem of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge once growing...


Are you an emerging author? BookDaily.com featured my blog on May 26, 2015
http://www.bookdaily.com/authorresource/blog/post/1664436 Unique Ways to Land an Agent So your manuscript is finished! As an emerging...


Watch for the release of THE DEADLIEST HATE
The Deadliest Hate is set primarily in first-century CE Caesarea where Miriam is invited to attend first a reception at the Upper Palace...


A Novel and a Skirt
What’s the difference between a novel and a skirt? Not as much as you’d think. Both are subject to the fads and fancies of the...


The authors of the Pampered Pets Mystery Series are June's guest bloggers this week
The past few years have been incredibly busy for us. Busy in a good way, but busy nonetheless and 2015 is shaping up to be just as...


Miriam bat Isaac Discovers the Philosopher’s Stone
The moonwort known as “the white herb of the mountain” or Boytrychium lunaria is an extremely rare little succulent fern Maria Hebrea...


Is there a new Great Library of Alexandria?
No, but there’s a great New Library. Opened in 2002 and built to hold eight million books, the New Library of Alexandria, located near...


Alexandria Also Had a “Daughter” Library
The daughter library, built by the Ptolemies to accommodate the surplus of volumes from the Great Library, was housed in the precinct of...






