Nabataean Legal Document Scroll

Nabataean Legal Document Scroll

Another Nabataean Artifact Holding in my hand an authentic Nabataean bronze coin, and admiring my faithful replica of an item of Nabataean jewelry, I looked forward to my next project. I determined to produce a copy of an extant ancient scroll, a legal document once...
Replicating Nabataean Jewelry

Replicating Nabataean Jewelry

A Copper Bracelet As mentioned in a previous article, I determined to craft two different replicas of Nabataean material culture, each of which is not available on the open market. The first thing I tackled was the subject of jewelry. There have been astounding finds...
The Eric Hoffer Award

The Eric Hoffer Award

Eric Hoffer gleaning the world’s ideas during a work break, San Francisco docks, 1950s (photo by George Knight, 1964) Brock Meier’s novel The Stone Cutter gains Eric Hoffer recognition The Eric Hoffer Award, and the Award Committee, have made public their...
Podcast with History Through Fiction

Podcast with History Through Fiction

History Through Fiction’s Colin Mustful Interviews Brock Meier   Colin Mustful, historian, author, and founder of the successful publisher and podcast, History Through Fiction, recently invited Brock to discuss his award winning debut novel The Stone...
Interview with Bob Bennett

Interview with Bob Bennett

Singer/songrwriter Bob Bennett Interviews Brock Meier   Bob Bennett’s iconic song “Man of the Tombs” relates the story of a man beset by a thousand demons (or so they said). The song became one of the major inspirations for Brock Meier’s...
Know, or Imagine?

Know, or Imagine?

Left/Right? There is a popular neurological myth that says left = analysis and right = creativity, and that people primarily access one side of their brain or the other. And of course we all “know” that analytical thinking is far different than creative thinking. How...