by Chloe | Oct 31, 2020 | Submerged Hopes, Who Knew?
My bad! I’d meant the stele to be the Last Archaeological Thing, but I completely forgot about the tumi! There’s no way I can leave that off, especially with Halloween tonight! A tumi is named for the Quecha word for “knife” and refers to the half-moon bladed knives...
by Chloe | Oct 24, 2020 | Submerged Hopes, Who Knew?
Hint: It’s not “The dog ate my homework!” Here’s my final, way cool snippet of archaeological info I learned from writing Submerged Hopes. Although this April, an Assyrian clay tablet was reconstructed, representing a near-complete ancient song from 3400 years ago,...
by Chloe | Oct 16, 2020 | Submerged Hopes, Who Knew?
One thing I love about writing is the research—I expect to learn something when I read, even for fun, and it’s those details that make the settings come alive. Since Submerged Hopes is about an archaeologist, the work includes references to certain artifacts, which...
by Chloe | Oct 10, 2020 | Submerged Hopes, Who Knew?
Ancient Sex Pots! The photo isn’t a sex pot, since those pics are NSFW! Today I’m sharing what I learned about the erotic ancient pottery of Peru, while writing the archaeology aspects of Submerged Hopes. Submerged Hopes features a Deaf Greek...
by Chloe | Oct 2, 2020 | Submerged Hopes, Who Knew?
My about-to-be-released novel, Submerged Hopes, contains one very memorable handprint, but also an instance of the use of fingerprints, or dactyloscopy, during investigation of a crime. Here’s what I learned in my research. Fingerprints are unique to the...
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