Weekly Roundups- October 28th

Neanderthal families, wicked stepmothers, Mayan stelae, and much more!

George Reisner: Brief life of a pioneering Egyptologist: 1867-1942

Harvard Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian wrote a new biography on an important early figure in American Egyptology—George Reisner. Reisner is best remembered for his work at the Giza Plateau and his involvement in the development of the collection at UC Berkeley/ Hearst Museum (though in …