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Pre-order the Short Story Collection "Life and Death in Ephesus" today!

DK Marley

May 18, 20232 min read

Pre-order the Short Story Collection "Life and Death in Ephesus" today!

Book Blurb: I shall reveal the true story of the destruction of the temple of Artemis... For over a thousand years, Ephesus, on the...

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Alistair Tosh

Mar 8, 20233 min read

Ancient Alamo? Blatobulgium Roman Fort

At some point around AD 155 the Roman fort of Blatobulgium was destroyed. The Roman army when abandoning one of its castra would, as a...

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Gordon Doherty

Mar 3, 20234 min read

Bronze Age Pirates - the Sherden

Vicious piratical raiders with horns on their helmets? No, I'm not talking about Vikings (it's a myth that they sported horns in any...

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The Fragmentary Canaanite Myths - an Editorial Review of "Canaad"

DK Marley

Feb 28, 20235 min read

The Fragmentary Canaanite Myths - an Editorial Review of "Canaad"

Book Blurb: "Gods against gods, men against men, each kind / against each other: Who is in the right? / Truly, which ones could ever...

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The Battle of Kadesh Part Three - Clash of Empires

Gordon Doherty

Feb 26, 20237 min read

The Battle of Kadesh Part Three - Clash of Empires

In part two of the Battle of Kadesh, we followed the march of the Hittites and the Egyptians as they converged upon the city of Kadesh....

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Battle of Kadesh - Part Two - The Road to War

Gordon Doherty

Feb 25, 20236 min read

Battle of Kadesh - Part Two - The Road to War

In part one of the Battle of Kadesh, we followed the deterioration of relations between the Hittite and Egyptian Empires: a severe and...

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The Battle of Kadesh - Part One - Great Rivals

Gordon Doherty

Feb 25, 20233 min read

The Battle of Kadesh - Part One - Great Rivals

Why did the Hittite and Egyptian Empires go to war? By 1274 BC, the Hittites and the Egyptians had co-existed for some four centuries....

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Forma Urbis - The Ancient Marble Map of Rome

Fiona Forsyth

Feb 23, 20232 min read

Forma Urbis - The Ancient Marble Map of Rome

In the basement of the Museum of Roman Civilisation in Rome is a pile of crates containing 1163 fragments of marble. These make up about...

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The Bronze Age Collapse of the Hittite Empire - an Editorial Review of "The Diomedeia"

DK Marley

Feb 22, 20239 min read

The Bronze Age Collapse of the Hittite Empire - an Editorial Review of "The Diomedeia"

Book Blurb: A historically-based novel with authentic, legendary, & fictional characters interacting across the extraordinary panorama of...

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An Ancient World Comes to Life - an Editorial Review of "The Walk of the Wandering Man"

DK Marley

Oct 23, 20224 min read

An Ancient World Comes to Life - an Editorial Review of "The Walk of the Wandering Man"

Book Blurb: Central Europe, 5000BC. The first farmers are advancing across the continent from the east. The age of the hunter-gatherer in...

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Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Before Beltane" by Nancy Jardine

DK Marley

May 23, 20221 min read

Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Before Beltane" by Nancy Jardine

Redirect link: https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/discover/nara---a-new-future-beckons

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Cover Reveal and New Release of "I Am Ushriya" by Beverly Young

DK Marley

Feb 16, 20225 min read

Cover Reveal and New Release of "I Am Ushriya" by Beverly Young

Congratulations to Beverly Young for her upcoming new release of "I am Ushriya"!! I had the privilege of designing her new cover along...

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HFC Editorial Review of "Starlight in the Dawn" by Naveem Sridhar

DK Marley

Nov 24, 20214 min read

HFC Editorial Review of "Starlight in the Dawn" by Naveem Sridhar

Book Blurb and Editorial Review: Unlike any historical fiction out there, Starlight in the Dawn takes the reader on a journey back to the...

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