Category Archive: Archaeology/History
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Secret Rivers at the Museum of London DocklandsArchaeology/History, Exhibitions, UK travelLondon 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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Another thing: a Box for a Hero - the Urn of Brasidas at AmphipolisAnother thing, Archaeology/History, Greece Travel“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. We're ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - Slán go fóill: Farewell for now in IrishAnother thing, Archaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - The Gleninsheen Collar: Treasure in the National Museum of IrelandAnother thing, Archaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - Megalithic art at NewgrangeArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - The Keep of Trim CastleArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - A different Irish breakfast: Eggs RoyaleArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - Kylemore Abbey: a romantic fantasy in ConnemaraArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - A step from the abyss: cliffs on InishmoreArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - An ancient tomb at PoulnabroneArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - Clonmacnoise, a sacred place in the centre of IrelandArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - Beautiful GlendaloughArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - the Liffey in DublinArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Claudius the Emperor / Claudio Imperatore - exhibition in RomeArchaeology/History, ExhibitionsIt 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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Message on a Column: rewriting history at MystrasAnother thing, Archaeology/History, Greece Travel“May he have the curses of the 318 God-bearing Fathers of Nicaea and also the curse of me, the sinner. [In] the year 1312." These are the final four lines ... Read More
