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1. The Hunt for The Death Valley Germans - Companion Reading
12m
This companion reading of the harrowing mystery tells the story with maps
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2. Roman Emperors and Their Rule
5m
How many Roman emperors were there? Interesting tidbits and graphs in this informative post
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3. Historical Accuracy of the movie scene of Cleopatra’s entry into Rome
4m
Examining the realism behind the scene of Queen Cleopatra’s spectacular entry to Rome in the 1963 film
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4. Cleopatra - Queen of Egypt, and her unfortunate portrayal
6m
A view of Cleopatra VII Philopater's unfair portrayal by using time as a key indicator
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5. Chronology and timeline of Ancient Egypt
8m
Chronology and Timeline of Ancient Egypt | Famous Pharaohs and their Rules
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6. My brief review of HBO's Rome and its depiction of Cleopatra
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How I felt about HBO's Rome and some of its depictions, including that of Cleopatra
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7. Casual Brutality in the Ancient World: the Human Cost of Conquests
4m
The staggering human cost behind conquests of men like Caesar and Alexander, challenging perceptions of glory
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8. A document with Cleopatra's signature
3m
Is there a document with the famous Cleopatra's signature? We'll discuss it
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9. ChatGPT made up a book I never wrote 😂
4m
ChatGPT says I wrote the Gabriel Proxy. I never did and there is no such book
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10. The Search for Cleopatra's Tomb
9m
Where is Cleopatra's tomb? Look at historical sources on Cleopatra’s last resting place along with maps
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11. The Story of the Lost Army of Cambyses
6m
What happened to the army sent to Siwa in 524 B.C. by Cambyses? Herodotus says it was lost in a sandstorm, but where?
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12. Chandragupta Maurya (or Sandrocottus) in Greek Sources
9m
What did ancient Greek and Roman biographers say about emperor Chandragupta Maurya? I look at actual sources
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13. Why are you not doing your homework, princess? 😂
4m
A delightful letter from an Assyrian princess to her sister-in-law, inquiring about her homework.
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14. How long did it take? Fascinating facts from history
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How long did the Trojan war take? Facts from history on major events!
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15. The Cringe that was my First Novel 😂
2m
Come read about my first novel writing attempt
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16. Was Queen Cleopatra Black? A look at historical sources.
4m
The Netflix controversy: Cleopatra VII Philopator's ethnic origins through the lens of ancient sources
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17. Where's my gold? Complaints from the ancient past 😂
3m
An amusing litany of royal complaints from the Kassite king Burnaburias to Pharaoh of Egypt Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV).
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18. Did Aliens Build the Pyramids?
4m
Did extraterrestrial powers help Pyramid builders and are our forefathers dumb
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19. Experience a thriller set in Mauryan India
4m
Few novels are set in Mauryan India; come on an adventure like never before.
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20. The Spartacus Rebellion - A note on the trilogy
2m
What was it like for Spartacus? A realistic view of the Spartacus Rebellion--The third Servile War
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21. The POV Cheatsheet - understand POVs in writing
4m
Understand the different POVs (Points-of-View) in writing
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22. The story of Hiranyakashipu from Indian mythology
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The story of how demon king was vanquished by a clever god; from Indian mythology
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23. What's in a name? Alexander and Caesar: How their names were adopted
2m
How the two conqueror's names entered the lexicon
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24. Evolution of a Book Cover - an amusing story of hubris and learning 😂
5m
Read the story of the Atlantis Papyrus' cover.
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25. The M87 Black Hole Image - Beginner's One Pager
2m
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26. Writing Novels and Non-Fiction with Visual Studio Code
12m
The process of writing novels using a coding tool like VS code. Benefits and challenges
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27. Creating Google Maps for Novels
3m
My readers love being able to virtually visit locations of the novels and get a sense of the world
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28. An opinion on writing - Discipline eats inspiration for breakfast
3m
In this opinion, I state my view that discipline wins over inspiration when it comes to writing
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29. Suggested order for reading my books
2m
Which books should you read and in which order? I provide some guidelines
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30. how to self-publish faster on Amazon using Markdown and a script
5m
Read about my workflow to write novels and publish using Publishquickly script to convert to Word for publishing
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