Long-lost jewelry from King Tut's tomb rediscovered a century later - "Some of this jewelry may have been taken out of Egypt by Howard Carter, the British archaeologist who led the excavation that uncovered the tomb." Looted landmarks: how Notre-Dame, Big Ben & St Mark's were stolen ...
You will enjoy a complete, close and very entertaining private guided tour with Alejandro Tejada, an archaeologist born and raised in Toledo, a tour guide and passionate about his city. You will marvel at the main treasures of Toledo and also some corners far from the usual tourism, lonely ...
No other place in the world offers a more immersive experience of life in an ancient Roman metropolis than Pompeii. Buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago, the once thriving city’s villas, shops, temples, and baths remain frozen in time. The UNESCO-listed archa...
It must be believed that in Egypt, perhaps more than elsewhere, agricultural practices and traditions span the centuries to the point of being almost timeless, even in their ritual side effects. In ancient Egypt, the beginning of the “chemo” season included the ceremony of the offering of th...
000 years ago. Furthermore, those who left had advanced understanding of mathematics, geometry, astronomy and medicine according to Thomas Sanders, an archaeologist and Jeffers' site manager. One can learn more about the knowledge those who preceded us left preserved on these hard rock outcroppings...
In 426 BC, this house to the amphitheatre’s north, is very well the Athenians de cided p . Dating from the 2nd century BC, it gives an to “cleanse” Delos and insight into the fashion of the day. its thousands of inhabit- ants were exiled. It was Sanctuary of ) declared that ...
Archaeologist, collector and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer founded the museum in 1916 to display his incredible 40,000-piece collection of pre-industrial tools, early manual technologies and crafts related to American life before mechanization including a whaling boat and a Conestoga wagon. Permanent...