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Chile & Easter Island is the next archaeological adventure to feature in our Top Tours of the Past 10 Years series, and we spoke to its expert guide lecturer Dr. Paul Bahn to understand how the itinerary has evolved over the decade. …

The next tour in our Top Tours of the Past 10 Years series is Ravenna & Aquileia. This is a mosaic-filled Italian escape that covers archaeology, religious history and architecture. There are three departures to choose from in 2020: the 20th April, 25th May and 2nd November. …

Next up, we have our flagship tour to Pompeii. This tour has been running far longer than just a decade, but it has been finely honed as time has passed and rejuvenated especially for 2020... …

We're almost at the end of our Top Tours of the Past 10 Years feature, and next up is our Tunisia | The Punic Wars tour. We have three departures available for 2020, taking place in 3rd March, 3rd November and 11th November. 

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The final installation of our Top Tours of the Past 10 Years blog series takes us to Jordan, on our Petra & the Desert Fortresses tour. Led by Nick Jackson, this is a 10-day tour with three departures for 2020. Our expert guide lecturer Nick Jackson, who will lead the…

Taking place in locations all over the country, these day-long experiences offer hands-on encounters with both archaeology and history in the company of renowned experts.

From Dr Suzannah Lipscomb’s Hampton Court tour, which focuses on the lives and wives of King Henry VIII, to a chance to go on the…

Today is International Women's Day and we wanted to celebrate by asking a couple of our guides for their favourite female figures throughout history. …

We can bring you face-to-face with some of the human race’s earliest examples of creativity both inside of caves and etched onto rocks in the wilderness. That’s right, we have a fascinating selection of rock art tours on offer, which can take you to France, Portugal, Spain and even Namibia.…

In October, we were able to wish happy travels to a group heading off to Italy on our beloved Classical Sicily tour, led by the one and only Oliver Gilkes. The trip's accompanying tour manager, Debbie Paton, has shared a series of snapshots from the tour, which you can view…

“I don’t believe in this temple hypothesis”. With this bold statement, made at the beginning of his presentation to the Anglo-Turkish Society in London in 2019, Lee Clare challenged the popular view that the series of circular enclosures found at Göbekli Tepe, constituted, as National Geographic trumpeted back in 2011,…