“Carthage Is To Be Deleted”

Athens to Cairo

Overlooked by mass tourism, the Graeco-Roman sites of North Africa are among the most magnificent and well-preserved to be found anywhere in the Mediterranean. Visiting the spectacular temples and cities left by the Phoenicians, Greeks and, above all, Romans in Libya and Tunisia is the highlight of this itinerary. Few will forget the first time they set eyes on the Roman city of Leptis Magna or the Greek monuments at Cyrene.
Limited availability on the Nov 1, 2010 departure!

CHRIS NAUNTON    DEPUTY DIRECTOR, EGYPT EXPLORATION SOCIETY Chris Naunton is Deputy Director of the Egypt Exploration Society. He studied Egyptology at the universities of Birmingham and Swansea. Among his responsibilities at the EES he is in charge of the extensive archives which provide a rich source of information for his research on the history and development of Egyptology and archaeology in Egypt. Chris is also director of the EES Oral History Project and has worked in the field at Abydos and in El Asasif, Western Thebes.
Prof MICHAEL VICKERS    ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD Michael Vickers is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Oxford, Curator of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum and a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College. He has taught at University College, Dublin, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has been a Visiting Member of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton. His academic interests are archaeology, history and literature of the Greek, Roman and Byzantine worlds. His publications include works on the history of Athenian drama and ancient Greek silverware and pottery.
Dr JOHN WREGLESWORTH    INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR John Wreglesworth is an independent scholar. He holds an honours degree in History from the University of Manchester and a doctorate from the University of Leeds. With considerable experience of lecturing from school to postgraduate level, John has held an award from the Cañada Blanch Foundation for research in Spain and a fellowship at the Centre for Mediterranean Studies at the University of Exeter. He has read academic papers to international conferences in Tunisia and the UK. Most recently, he has contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of Medieval History (2009) and an Encyclopaedia of Medieval Chronicles (2009). He is currently working on a book examining Spanish chronicles. Since 1998, John, an enthusiastic traveller, has been actively involved in cultural tourism as a group lecturer throughout Europe on land and as cruise lecturer at sea.