Category Archive: Archaeology/History
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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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Secret Rivers at the Museum of London Docklands
London and the Thames go inseparably hand-in-hand. The city originates in large part because of the river, and traffic along it has given it life since its beginning. As ... Read More
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Claudius the Emperor / Claudio Imperatore - exhibition in Rome
It only occurred to me much later that there were curtains closing this exhibition off from the museum upstairs and partitioning the various sections. I can’t decide if I prefer ... Read More
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Diocletian's Palace at Split - a superlative monument
Split! Croatia's second biggest city, a hub of activity during the summer travel season, a place that is fun and friendly, a good location for fine dining, and the ideal ... Read More
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I am Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria, at the British Museum
The BP exhibition I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria is the latest in an occasional series of British Museum exhibitions based on the lives of individual ... Read More
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The Perils of Online Reviews of Archaeological Sites and Museums, Part 3: still perilous
It's been three years since I I last posted on the Perils of Online Site Reviews, and more than four since I did so for the first time. In those days, ... Read More
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"Eleusis: the Great Mysteries" exhibition at the Acropolis Museum in Athens
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
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Timeless Travels Article: Discovering Ancient Lycia
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
