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Behind the Façade: A Step inside the Rock-Cut Tombs of Petra - Dr Lucy Wadeson

Behind the Façade: A Step inside the Rock-Cut Tombs of Petra

The ancient city of Petra is characterised by the hundreds of monumental tombs that are carved in its rocky landscape. What is inside these tombs?

Sailing to Samothrace and the Sanctuary of the Great Gods

Sailing to Samothrace and the Sanctuary of the Great Gods

For nearly a thousand years from about 600 BCE onwards, travellers and pilgrims came from all over the Mediterranean world to the remote, windswept island of Samothrace to be initiated into the mystery cult of the Great gods.

The Turquoise Coast: Along the Lycian Way

The Turquoise Coast: Along the Lycian Way

For some 2,000 years, the ancient Lycian people controlled a huge area along a 1,000 km stretch of the southwestern coast of Asia Minor. Explore the fascinating history of their culture.

Hereford Cathedral's Great Mappa Mundi

Belgium is a small nation with a big role to play in European life and world history.

Ravenna: The Church of San Vitale

Ravenna: Architecture and Mosaics of San Vitale

The tranquil atmosphere of the small Adriatic city of Ravenna as it appears today belies its important role during one of Western history’s principal watersheds: the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West.

Constantine, The City of Bridges

Constantine, the city of bridges has been occupied at various times by the Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, Ottomans and French

Sardinia and Corsica: Islands of Forgotten Riches

Sardinia & Corsica: Islands of Forgotten Riches, Part I and Part II

A fascinating and mysterious culture developed during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods on the Cyclades islands in the central Aegean Sea, known today only as the Cycladic Culture.