The Thinking Traveller
The Thinking Traveller
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Egypt's Valley of the Kings
For more than five centuries, Egypt's pharaohs were buried in a remote desert valley on the west bank of the Nile. Hidden among barren limestone hills, the Valley of the Kings became the final resting place of some of the most well-known rulers...
Ravenna - A Capital in the Lagoon
Ravenna is one of Italy’s most quietly extraordinary cities – a place where the final centuries of the Roman world can still be read through intricate mosaics and imperial monuments.In this episode we are joined by Dr Eireann Marshall as...
King Louis XIV’s Favourite Composer - Jean-Baptiste Lully
At the glittering court of Louis XIV, where art functioned as an extension of power, no figure defined the sound of absolutism more completely than Jean-Baptiste Lully.Rising from modest origins in Florence to become the most influential...
Corinth - Discovering a Greek, Roman & Christian City
Corinth was a central city of the Greek world, influential in shipbuilding, colonisation and pottery production, and later in architecture, politics and early Christianity.Today we are joined by Dr Amelia Brown – an archaeologist, histor...