Hannah Fielding's Blog, page 12
October 18, 2021
A novel tour: Favourite blogs on my novels
Ten years, many hundreds of blogs exploring my novels. Here are my favourites...
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October 14, 2021
Ancient Egyptian cuisine
From grapes to figs, bread to beer, what was on the menu for the Ancient Egyptians?
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October 11, 2021
The Great Sphinx of Giza
Is there any more iconic scene of Egypt than this statue of the Sphinx guarding the Pyramids?
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October 7, 2021
From Hathor to Aphrodite: Goddesses of love
In ancient times, people turned to deities for solace and guidance. Who was devoted to matters of the heart? The goddesses of love.
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October 4, 2021
‘Ozymandias’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley
'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a poem about this ruined statue of the pharaoh Ramesses – a poem that speaks of wealth and power and glory, and how these are lost to time.
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Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a poem about this ruined statue of the pharaoh Ramesses – a poem that speaks of wealth and power and glory, and how these are lost to time.
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September 30, 2021
The Ptolemaic dynasty: The end of Ancient Egypt
Spanning the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the conquest of the Romans, the Ptolemaic dynasty changed Ancient Egypt irrevocably…
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September 27, 2021
Helen of Troy: The face that launched a thousand ships
Who was Helen, beautiful woman of legend? What significance does she have in Greek mythology?
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September 23, 2021
Do Ancient Egyptian artefacts belong in Egypt?
In my novel Song of the Nile, and indeed in modern times, this is a crucial question.
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September 20, 2021
Imagine… a world without bookshops
On why we must never lose bookshops.
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