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...
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...
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...
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...
’ s d Top 10 Features n 1 The Palace a l 2 The Royal Apartments s I 3 The Throne Room k 4 Hall of the Royal Guard e 5 Corridor of the Procession e 6 Horn of Consecration r 7 Private Houses G Pillared gateway with replica of a fresco 8 Workshops Guided tours of the 9 Royal ...
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...