Category Archive: Archaeology/History
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New discovery: A Byzantine quarter at Ephesus
This post is mostly based on an original press release by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, published on October 28. Copyright for all photographs, unless otherwise indicated, belongs to the ... Read More
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'Gold of the Great Steppe' at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Some time in antiquity - we can’t be sure exactly when, but some time around the eighth-sixth centuries BC - grave robbers broke into a large burial tumulus near its ... Read More
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Unravelling the past, step by step - an archaeological survey in the Cyclades
(The author would like to express his gratitude to the SCIP project directors and the Eforeia of Antiquities in the Cyclades for their kind permission to publish this text). Walking ... Read More
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Minds can still get around
As promised in the newsletter, here are some things to make any time you have to be isolated more interesting and more rewarding. We hope you'll discover wonders you didn't ... Read More
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"Gods in Color (Bunte Götter) - Golden Edition" in Frankfurt
(The exhibition has been extended until January 17, 2021, and we have amended this post accordingly.) Gods in Color - Golden Edition awaits you in Frankfurt and it's worth adapting ... Read More
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The hidden pyramids of Phoenix
Pyramids in Anatolian Caria? Yes, it sounds a bit strange… yet they do exist! Of course, apart from their funerary connection, these have nothing to do with the Egyptian ones. ... Read More
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Finding Lydae: a remote Roman city off the beaten track
The city of Lydae, one of the westernmost of the Lycian region, is still a riddle for most scholars. Located in the middle of a peninsula, in a basin surrounded ... Read More
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Troy: Myth and Reality at the British Museum
Putting on an exhibition about Troy and the Trojan War carries a particular weight of expectation. It’s at the centre of everything for so many of us: archaeologists, ancient historians, ... Read More
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Travel brochure 2020 - part 8: gulet charters, tailor-made tours and add-ons
This is the final, seventh, part of our series about the 2020 Peter Sommer Travels brochure. The printed version of the brochure was posted to our guests and friends all ... Read More
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Travel brochure 2020 - part 7: Ireland
This is part 7 of our series about the 2020 Peter Sommer Travels brochure. The printed version of the brochure has been distributed to our our guests and friends across ... Read More
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Travel brochure 2020 - part 6: United Kingdom
This is part 6 of our series about the 2020 Peter Sommer Travels brochure, which made its way to the letterboxes of our guests and friends all over the world ... Read More
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Travel brochure 2020 - part 5: Italy
This is part 5 of our series about the 2020 Peter Sommer Travels brochure, which made its way to the letterboxes of our guests and friends all over the world ... Read More
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Travel brochure 2020 - part 4: Turkey
This is part 4 of our series about the 2020 Peter Sommer Travels brochure, which was posted as a printed copy to our guests and friends last month and is ... Read More
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Travel brochure 2020 - part 3: Greece
This is part 3 of our series about the 2020 Peter Sommer Travels brochure, which has been posted as a printed copy to our guests and friends and is also ... Read More