Kastro Apalirou, Naxos
I climbed up to the mountainous peak of Kastro Apalirou in central Naxos eleven years ago. A decade later David Hill told me about the...
Pilgrimage to Keros
In 1963 a graduate student landed on the remote island of Keros and discovered a surface spread of broken Cycladic marble figurines. It...
Naxos – Chora
I am passing through the Cycladic island of Naxos on my way to visit Colin Renfrew’s excavations on Keros. The little airport defines one...
Athens Elefthérios Venizélos Airport
Airports, according to the French philosopher, Marc Augé, are quintessential non-places. They are anonymous and essentially figments of...
Vetricella: the third season
Our nEU-Med excavations at Vetricella, near Scarlino re-started four weeks ago and have benefited from blissful weather. Five months of...
Back to Santa Marta
Cinigiano, as all Tuscany, is lusciously green this year. Visiting the excavations of the Roman villa at Santa Marta a year on, the thick...
Can (ancient) malaria help Lugnano?
The best discoveries in archaeology stretch your imagination. Most of all they up-end your preconceived notions about the past. Better...
Yanis Varoufakis and Homer
As a baby-boomer who has enjoyed the extraordinary benefits of the post-war European project, it is hard not to be deeply affected by...
Celebrating San Bernardino at Massa Marittima
Massa Marittima is Tuscany’s little Siena. A gem of a Medieval town, it sits looking towards the Mediterranean on a promontory extending...
The Water Diviner
For forty years I have relied on remote sensing in Italy before starting to excavate. Mostly it has worked out well. In 1978 I found...
