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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.

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.

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.

The Ancient Cycladic Culture

Uncovering the Ancient Cycladic Culture

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.

Iceland, Land of Ice and Fire: Myths, Legends & Landscapes 2025

Iceland Full Circle - Video Lecture

Icelanders have always lived with volcanoes, earthquakes and glaciers. But they have also lived with the traditions and extraordinary literary heritage of their unique settlement. It is a place of exceptional natural beauty where the modern world and the medieval past coincide.

Stone-built Neolithic settlement, Skara Brae, on the Bay of Skaill.

Orkney & Shetland: 5000 Years of Wonder

A wealth and variety of archaeological sites including truly astonishing 5,000-year-old Neolithic stone circles, tombs and houses are found in the remarkable islands of Orkney and Shetland.

The History of the Nabataean Kingdom

Exploring the history of the Nabataean Kingdom and their mastery of water and trade.

The Colossal Art and Architecture of Egypt’s Boldest Pharaoh

The Colossal Art and Architecture of Egypt’s Boldest Pharaoh

Ramesses the Great built extraordinary temples throughout Egypt (notably Abu Simbel & the Ramesseum), adorning them with colossal statues of himself.