Category Archive: Archaeology/History

“Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours. There’s … Read More

“Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours.   … Read More

The title of this post is somewhat ironic. I’ll explain why at the end. We like to show our guests important ancient sites they would not find, or find difficult … Read More

Last week, our three trusted local experts in Greece and three of our core staff concluded an intense week-long recce or reconnoitre in the Dodecanese Islands, in preparation for our … Read More

Last week, Peter Sommer, Michael Metcalfe and myself visited the Acropolis Museum’s current temporary exhibition: Eleusis – the Great Mysteries. The exhibit, open until the end of May (unless it … Read More

This article was first published in ‘The American‘. We are grateful once again for the opportunity to repost it here. There’s not one Wessex, familiar though the name is, but … Read More

“Mystery” is a problematic term in archaeology, and often linked to the fringes of discourse. For my thoughts on this important caveat, please read the introduction to the first post … Read More

This article was first published in ‘The American‘. We are grateful for the opportunity to repost it here. Stand somewhere on the mid-section of Hadrian’s Wall and look out at … Read More

By Theresa Thompson “Discovering Ancient Lycia” was first published in the spring 2018 edition of the UK’s ‘Timeless Travels’ Magazine. Theresa travelled on our “Walking and Cruising the Lycian Shore” … Read More

“Mystery” is a problematic term in archaeology, and often linked to the fringes of discourse. For my thoughts on this important caveat, please read the introduction to the first post … Read More

“Mystery” is a problematic term in archaeology, and often linked to the fringes of discourse. For my thoughts on this important caveat, please read the introduction to the first post … Read More

Happy New Year to everyone! As we reported on these pages some weeks ago, we are looking forward to our travel 2018 season. This year, we are offering an unprecedented … Read More

It is a quiet Christmas night where I am writing: candles have been lit and extinguished, presents have been unwrapped, a simple Christmas Eve meal has been enjoyed and maybe … Read More

How time flies when you are busy. Just two weeks ago, I was showing the year’s last group of guests around the sunny Northern Peloponnese, but now I am receiving … Read More

Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia follows on in a way from the British Museum’s recent Celts exhibition in being an overarching introduction to a whole people. This isn’t unlike the … Read More