Segesta in Bloom, Sicily
PHeymont went to Segesta to see ancient ruins and a Greek temple. They were there, but what captured his attention was the wildflowers.
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PHeymont went to Segesta to see ancient ruins and a Greek temple. They were there, but what captured his attention was the wildflowers.
The works of a modern French-Polish sculptor provide both a contrast and a complement to the ancient ruins of Pompeii.
In the final part of this series, ProfessorAbe takes us to the Dead Sea, and the port and resort city of Aqaba.
In Part 5, ProfessorAbe takes us to Wadi Rum, an area so apparently barren it has doubled for Mars in movie shoots.
Here in Part 3 of his journey, ProfessorAbe takes us to one of the world’s key archaeological sites, Petra.
This is the second leg of Professorabe’s tour of important Jordanian sites. There’s a link to Part 1 at the end.
The links for the six parts of this series will become live as the series is published. Part 1: Amman and Jarash (Nov. 10, 2016) Part 2: Madaba, Mount Nebo, and Montreal Castle (Nov. 24, 2016) Part 3: Petra (Dec. 8, 2016) Part 4: Petra Backroads and Little Petra (Dec. 22, 2016) Part 5: Wadi Rum (Dec. 29, 2016) Part 6: Aqaba and the Dead Sea (Jan. 12, 2017)
A puzzling find at a construction site: a Roman cooking pot filled with illustrated oil lamps, each containing a coin…but so far, no one knows why.
ProfessorAbe and his wife begin a series of reports on an extended trip through Jordan and its long history.
Rock paintings dating back perhaps 14,000 years have been found in a cave deep under a building in the Basque resort town of Leketio, but
PHeymont went to Segesta to see ancient ruins and a Greek temple. They were there, but what captured his attention was the wildflowers.
The works of a modern French-Polish sculptor provide both a contrast and a complement to the ancient ruins of Pompeii.
In the final part of this series, ProfessorAbe takes us to the Dead Sea, and the port and resort city of Aqaba.
In Part 5, ProfessorAbe takes us to Wadi Rum, an area so apparently barren it has doubled for Mars in movie shoots.
Here in Part 3 of his journey, ProfessorAbe takes us to one of the world’s key archaeological sites, Petra.
This is the second leg of Professorabe’s tour of important Jordanian sites. There’s a link to Part 1 at the end.
The links for the six parts of this series will become live as the series is published. Part 1: Amman and Jarash (Nov. 10, 2016) Part 2: Madaba, Mount Nebo, and Montreal Castle (Nov. 24, 2016) Part 3: Petra (Dec. 8, 2016) Part 4: Petra Backroads and Little Petra (Dec. 22, 2016) Part 5: Wadi Rum (Dec. 29, 2016) Part 6: Aqaba and the Dead Sea (Jan. 12, 2017)
A puzzling find at a construction site: a Roman cooking pot filled with illustrated oil lamps, each containing a coin…but so far, no one knows why.
ProfessorAbe and his wife begin a series of reports on an extended trip through Jordan and its long history.
Rock paintings dating back perhaps 14,000 years have been found in a cave deep under a building in the Basque