Author: George Wood

I was born in California, but have lived in Sweden since 1975, working at Radio Sweden. I spent many years writing and presenting our program for shortwave listeners, “Sweden Calling DXers”. With the gradual phase-out of shortwave in favor of the Internet, I’ve since moved on to being our webmaster. My big claim to web fame has been that I was the first person in Sweden to post a radio program on the Internet, in 1994…the first person in Europe to post a radio program in English.

Review: Return of the Pharaoh by Nicholas Meyer

by George Wood • March 23, 2022 • 0 Comments

Return of the Pharaoh is the latest Sherlock Holmes pastiche by Nicholas Meyer, otherwise known as a Hollywood director (including two Star Trek movies) and writer. I greatly enjoyed the first two novels, The Seven Percent Solution (1974) and The…

Medeltidsveckan 2021

by George Wood • August 16, 2021 • 0 Comments

This year’s Medieval Week on the island of Gotland was a reduced affair, and disappointing in a number of ways. Because of Covid, last year was digital only. No meeting up with folks on Gotland, no people dressing up in…

Butehamun – Tomb Raider for the High Priest of Amun

by George Wood • September 9, 2020 • 0 Comments

At last my Masters Thesis in Archaeology has been approved and is online. Here’s the Abstract: This is a biography of the scribe Butehamun. A member of a well-known family who had long lived in the village of Deir el-Medina…