A lot of research went into Rise of Thera (as well as the rest of the series).I've compiled a very long list of websites and articles I used while writing. I found a lot of cool things while I was researching that I couldn't share in the book. This is where I'll be putting a long list of websites, articles, photos, and videos I used.
Island of Thera/Santorini and the Minoans
Ancient Egyptian Culture, Fashion, and Gods
Hyksos
Google Searches
I also bookmarked a lot of google searches that were really helpful (articles or images)
"how did pharaoh Akhenaten die"
"how did ancient Egypt come about"
"ancient Greek women"
"Akrotiri Culture"
"Akrotiri"
"Egyptian mortuary temple"
I will also link the book I used to learn hieroglyphs. I've loved learning about them, and this book was a very important resource.
Surprisingly, some dress up games helped inspire this story. Almost all of the games that I used for inspiration are no longer playable due to flash-player shutting down, but one that I continue use is still playable:
Some of my old images I made of my characters :
An old video I made of the planet of Thera:
Anything else you want me to post from 'behind the scenes'?