Monthly Archives: March 2012

There’s a thread going round promoting visits to Morocco’s Roman ruins. Hardly surprising, Syria is out of bounds, Libya inaccessible, Tunisia possible, and Algeria not so, meaning that the Roman history geek wanting some warm climate ruins to visit in … Continue reading →

At the start of February we went down to Tathra on the south coast for a few days and then on to Harrietville in Victoria for a couple of days with the intention of doing some walking, which in fact … Continue reading →

A few days ago I came across an article in the Irish Times about how a British researcher has argued that the wall of Genghis Khan is part of the Great Wall of China assemblage. Fair enough. Unfortunately some people … Continue reading →

Someone is claiming that some ancient greek seafarers made it to New Zealand. Well it’s possible. Extremely unlikely but possible. We know that there were Roman settlements in India – not formal settlements but groups of merchants clustered together trading … Continue reading →