Egyptologists Notebooks, by author Chris Naunton, captures the fascination of the early adventurers and scholars of Egyptologys golden age, through the publication of their field diaries and sketches. Drawing by Denon of the portico of the temple of Thoth, at Hermopolis. These were the tombs of
The Alhambra in Granada is year after year one of the most visited historical places in Spain. Visitors arrive there attracted by the palaces and gardens that best recall Andalusian splendor. Hence, today we need to get a little closer to the curious birth of the Nasrid dynasty, the lords who for mo
In 1897 the British archaeologists James Quibell and Frederick W. Green were excavating the ruins of the city of Hierakonpolis (in ancient Egyptian called Nekhen, now Kim el-Ahmar), the capital of Upper Egypt until the end of the protodynastic period (between 3500 and 3100 BC approximately). There,
Following looting by Daesh, Iraqi archaeologists are said to have discovered an Assyrian palace under the Jonah shrine in Mosul, Iraq. Inspection of the destruction of the tomb of Jonas, destroyed by Daesh, in Mosul, the former Nineveh (Iraq). It is under these ruins that tunnels were discovered l