A new book has just been released by Cambridge University Press entitled Women’s Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia An Anthology of the Earliest Female Authors!
It is an anthology of translations from the ancient Near East of various writings by women. The translations include letters, religious hymns, inscriptions, prophecies, and various other types of texts. All of them considered some of the earliest examples of writing done by women in history. The only downside is that the book is quite expensive right, but hopefully that will change in the future and/or a paperback edition will soon follow.
You can purchase it from Cambridge’s site, (even their U.K. site), or on Amazon where the Kindle is somewhat less expensive.
Regardless this is one of the best additions to ancient Near Eastern scholarship in recent years.
~Hasmonean
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Nutmeg and Kerosene - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Hey everyone! The Literary Snob is teaming up with The Happy Bard Candle Co. to do a double giveaway this September. We’re all on the same trivia team in the real world (Sean Bean Lives!) and I absolutely love Happy Bard’s literary inspired candles. They’re about to release their next line of literary candles and one of the new scents will be a fan submission! So we’re holding a contest and double giveaway to find the fairest combo in the land.
Reblog this post with your submission for a literary candle scent. You can send in as many submissions as your heart desires and tag anyone who dreams of being a candle virtuoso. The Happy Bard Candle Co. will pick their favorite submission at the end of the contest, create the candle, and send it to you! Plus I will send the winner one of the newly released Vintage Minis of your choice.
GIVEAWAY RULES
Reblog this post with a book & fragrance combo suggestion
Follow The Happy Bard Candle Co. on either Instagram or Facebook
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Have fun and be creative!
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There is no limit on submissions, so reblog away! Currently, The Happy Bard Candle Co. cannot ship internationally, so anybody can participate but only those in the U.S. can win. Contest ends Saturday, Sept. 30 at midnight.
We look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with! Plus I might throw in an extra prize for whoever makes me laugh the hardest. Good luck!
Last night, the North Carolina Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association installed three Vietnam War-era aircraft on the lawn of the US National Archives. The Vietnam veterans will be giving tours of the helicopters starting today and the “Remembering Vietnam” exhibit opens to the public this Friday, November 10.
Read more about the exhibit opening here. See a timelapse of the helicopter installation on the National Archives Foundation Facebook page.
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A book crystallized in the ocean
Note to self: in order to write, you have to actually do more than stare at a Word document rereading what you’ve already written. For example, maybe typing new words would be a good strategy.
Edify yourself 👽
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