Louise Hitchcock
Features –
Gripped by the hand of Nergal: What COVID-19 can tell us about Cyprus, copper, and collapse in the Late Bronze Age (1500-1200 BCE)
Nergal and Amarna Our tale begins in Akhetaten, the short-lived (1346-1332 BCE) city founded by the heretic king Akhenaten in the 14th century BCE. Akhenaten lived in a globalised world …
Princess Diana vs the World: tragedy, arete, kleos, or something else?
To those who know me well, it is no secret that I am an anglophile tragic at heart in the way only colonials who have shed those bonds of subject-hood …
Escaping the Queen’s Megaron: Studying sex and gender in the Ancient World
My title for this piece was inspired by Sir Arthur Evans, the excavator of the Minoan “palace” site at Knossos in north-central Crete, just outside of the city of Herakleion. As a well-to-do gentleman and …
Coronavirus vaccine roll-out and the summer of our discontent
A good friend, who I sometimes vehemently disagree with, but whose opinion I always value nonetheless, asked me where I thought the Australian government went wrong on the coronavirus vaccine …
Protecting our Greek inheritance: The fragility of democracy
Just over a month ago, the United States Capitol Building, the seat of American democracy, was attacked by a vicious mob, unbelievably encouraged by the (now former) U.S. President Donald …
Dialogue –
Cleopatra’s Golden Rule – or, she who has the gold, makes the rules
Gal Gadot, an Israeli of Ashkenazi (European) heritage, and a former Miss Universe contestant, is slated to produce and star in another movie about Cleopatra (VII), promising to capture the …
Life –
Black Athena and the Incredible Whiteness of Being
The stories around the 1987 book Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization vol. 1 by the late Martin Bernal along with its sequels and many commentaries, sometimes referred …