by Stephanie Dray | Nov 22, 2011 | Food, Fun Stuff, Miscellany
So, we all know about the wine. Falernian, Caecuban, etc. Ancients drank the stuff in copious quantities. But what else did they drink? This was a point of inquiry for me when writing Song of the Nile: A Novel of Cleopatra’s daughter who became the highly...
by Stephanie Dray | Sep 13, 2011 | Fun Stuff, Miscellany
I wish I could claim to add some original content to this article, but all I can do is link it and tell you how great it is. Caroline Lawrence has a gift for boiling things down to the essential and interesting and I don’t want to lose track of this information,...
by Stephanie Dray | Jul 11, 2011 | Fun Stuff
I love learning about the state of technology in the ancient world. I’m not sure we should be so amazed, but the ancient world was so much more advanced than we assume it to be. I suppose this is why I prefer it over the Middle Ages.So, check it out. A first-aid...
by Stephanie Dray | Jul 7, 2011 | Fun Stuff
It’s a good time to be an archeologist in Egypt, especially since satellites have been helping out. This latest find might not seem important, but is directly relevant to the time period that Cleopatra Selene lived in. According to this article, the earliest...
by Stephanie Dray | Jun 21, 2011 | For Readers, Fun Stuff, Interviews, Lily of the Nile, Song of the Nile
This isn’t your typical promo interview. This is an NPR-style in-depth discussion of the life of Cleopatra Selene and Juba. Other than my hideous mispronunciations and my niggling fear that I wasn’t quite precise enough in some of my answers, I think it...