Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’ - "Peruvian historian and US archaeologist say the pre-Columbian town was called Huayna Picchu by the Inca people." Mapped: All the world's 1,031 World Heritage Sites - The Telegraph. Marie Antoinette's Versailles apar...
She wears a mid-length hairstyle covering her ears. As Mohamed Saleh and Hourig Sourouzian explain in their “Official Catalogue of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo”, it is “streaked with locks that end in small curls, and divided by a middle parting”. They also specify that “this wig ...
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...
Discover the secrets of Athens, the capital and largest city of Greece, with tailored city tours led by an archaeologist and cap off the day with a private dinner at one of its iconic landmarks, the Acropolis Museum. Head southeast to the island of Mykonos and sail across the cerulean wat...
It now houses the Museum of Asiatic Art. * Dimarchío The Dimarchío, or Town Hall, is a classic Venetian- The Mános style building that was once the San Giacomo Collection theatre, a favourite haunt of the island’s nobility. One of the key exhibits (The Old Port at the Museum of ...
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...
Brandywine Museum of Art and The N.C. Wyeth House & Studio — Photo by J. Fusco for Visit Philadelphia The grounds are as breathtaking as the art at the bucolicBrandywine Museum of ArtN.C. Wyeth House & Studio, the 1922 family home and workspace of Andrew’s father, a National Historic...
3-Nights Cruise Luxor to Aswan including Abu Simbel & Balloon ,Tours from Luxor Discover ancient Egypt on this lively Nile cruise, with plenty of evening activities. See Luxor highlights, including the Howard Carter House where the archaeologist lived; glide over Luxor’s ancient monuments in a ...
3-Nights Cruise Luxor to Aswan including Abu Simbel & Balloon ,Tours from Luxor Discover ancient Egypt on this lively Nile cruise, with plenty of evening activities. See Luxor highlights, including the Howard Carter House where the archaeologist lived; glide over Luxor’s ancient monuments in a ...