In the land of the minotaur Early summer, before the start of the school holidays, is the ideal time to visit Knossos:…
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Modern Italy has its problems, but it also has truly exceptional assets. Its new high-speed trains rate pretty highly on any list…
A forgotten WWI battlefield lies in Africa’s Namib Desert. Few historical accounts exist of the campaigns fought here, so James Stejskal and…
In 312 BC, Appius Claudius set out to build a road from Rome to the south of Italy. So began the extensive…
To early Orientalists, they were exotic people who used arcane ritual and repulsive medicines; but in Antiquity, Egyptian doctors were regarded as…
Rocky Cappadocia played a significant role in the history of Byzantium, yet little is known of this remote area. Eric Cooper explores…
For nearly 5,000 years, the sanctuary site at Tas-Silġ lured worshippers to its idyllic island setting overlooking the blue waters of the…