Tuesday, December 18, 2007

A Day in Old Cairo

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It is December 2007. I am researching the 15th book in my Roman Mysteries series, this one will be set in Roman Egypt. entrance to the ...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Ice Cold in Alex

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It is Sunday 9 December 2007. My husband Richard and I are on the last leg of our second trip to Egypt, researching The Scribes from Alexan...
Friday, December 07, 2007

A Break from Pyramids

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Mini Abu Simbel in Cairo Thursday 6 December, 2007. Richard and I are in Cairo to research Roman Mystery 15, The Scribes from Alexandri...

Pyramids R Us

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by Caroline Lawrence (author of The Roman Mysteries) Today is a day of pyramids. We see a red pyramid, a bent pyramid, a mud pyramid, ...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Pyramids and Sphinx

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by Caroline Lawrence, author of The Roman Mysteries . It is December 2007. We have flown to Egypt for the second time to research The Scr...
Sunday, December 02, 2007

December in the Delta

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We are off to Egypt: to Lower Egypt. Confusingly, Lower Egypt is actually above Upper Egypt on modern maps. We'll be based in Giza at...
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Saturday, November 17, 2007

King Tut

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'Everywhere the glint of gold… Wonderful things!' And that's only the gift shop. King Tut has come to London, to the O2 Bubble, ...
Saturday, September 22, 2007

Ancient Roman Sofia

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Russian Church, Sofia Whenever I travel, I always try to look for remnants of the past. At the moment – September of 2007 – I am in Sofia...
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Thursday, August 09, 2007

Roman Silchester

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Today I went to check out what's happening at the archaeological excavation of Silchester, which was the Roman town of Calleva Atrebat...
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Friday, June 01, 2007

Meeting Colombo

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Peter Falk as Columbo I was dreading the Hay-on-Wye literary festival. It's very prestigious and the only one of the big three I h...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

A Week on the S.S.Karim

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Monday 21 May 2007 - We arrive at Luxor airport and are greeted by our handsome young guide Ahmed. It is gloriously hot as our little minibu...
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