I came upon him unexpectedly. He was not alone. To be fair, my mind was mulling over the previous room, which explained…
Down on the quayside in front of Oslo’s fabulously functional City Hall, a small queue of tourists gather to catch the ferry…
As the aeroplane circled to land at Athens international airport, I half expected to see a riot on the runway. The hysteria…
Half a dozen of us stood or crouched in the faint dawn light on either side of the great stone doorway, just…
Basking in the eastern Mediterranean sun, Cyprus – legendary birthplace of Aphrodite and Adonis – boasts an astonishing wealth of archaeological treasures,…
All roads seem to lead to Rome. I once lived here for seven years and now, by way of another capital, Philadelphia,…
Review by Dexter Findley This impressive app, Greece: History and Culture, acts as a virtual encyclopedia for Greece’s past, from its most…
As we crossed from Marmaris to Rhodes, the hydrofoil skimming through the hammered blue seas, my thoughts turned to one of my…
On the letters page of CWA 52, Martin Davie asked for more information about Thera. Well, Martin, I may just be able to…
How on earth do you get the students up at 5am? That, rather than the archaeology, is the question that preoccupies my…
Troy is not a place one normally associates with Holland. Yet the Dutch claim to have their own version: Dorestad. It lies…
Andorra is best known as an inexpensive ski-resort, but the tiny landlocked principality is chock-full of archaeology, its rich cultural heritage waiting…
Tuscany conjures thoughts of the apogee of rich living. Its picturesque villages, graced by grand villas and their pools, serve as summer…