Our Guide Lecturers
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Many of the interesting, knowledgeable, articulate
and witty people you see below are also leading
experts in their field. No other travel company
has a more specialised or highly qualified team of
guide lecturers.
The guide lecturer is your tour leader, your academic
host, whose role it is to enlighten and inspire you.
They are with you from breakfast to supper, and
possibly even a drink afterwards in the bar. They
will explain how the physical remains are an
expression of culture, and will use all the sites you
see during your holiday to help you form as
comprehensive a picture as possible; not only of the
area you are visiting, but its place in a wider
picture.
Every tour provides
another piece of the puzzle which is the amazing
story of humankind.
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Dr Denise Allen
Denise Allen PhD has a background in archaeology, and
is a specialist in Roman glass with a wide interest
in Classical civilisations.
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Pompeii, Herculaneum
& Classical Campania
Sun 25 May – Sun 1
June 2008
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Dr Paul Bahn
Paul Bahn MA PhD FSA read archaeology at
Cambridge. He is a specialist in prehistoric
art, and author of many books, including 'Journey
through the Ice Age'.
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Dordogne – Cave
paintings
Mon 19 – Sun 25
May 2008
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The Pyrenees –
Cave art
Mon 1 – Sun 7 Sept
2008
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Chile and Easter
Island
Mon 17 Nov – Thur
4 Dec 2008
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Dr Robin Barber
Robin Barber PhD was formerly Assistant Director of
the British School of Archaeology at Athens, and Head
of the Dept of Classical Archaeology at Edinburgh
University. He is author of 'The Cyclades in
the Bronze age' and 'Greece, Athens' and 'Rhodes and
the Dodecanese' in the Blue Guide series.
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Epirus & Macedonia
– Greece
Sun 25 May – Mon 2
June 2008
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Dr Mike Bishop
Mike Bishop Ph.D. specialises in the study of the
Roman army. His career has included
post-excavation work at various sites on Hadrian's
Wall and directing excavations as a commercial field
archaeologist. He is an Honorary Lecturer at
the University of St Andrews and editor of the
'Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies'.
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Saxon Shore
Forts
Mon 12 – Mon 19
May 2008
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Syria
22 Oct - 01 Nov
2008
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Dr Maureen Carroll
Dr Maureen Carroll is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology
at the University of Sheffield. She specialises in
Roman Germany and Gaul, especially funerary
epigraphy, ethnicity and identity and the archaeology
of Roman gardens. She is author of a number of books
and articles including Romans, Celts and Germans: the
German Provinces of Rome.
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Roman
Germany
Fri 1 – Tue 9 Sept
2008
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Professor Tim Champion
Tim Champion DPhil FSA is Professor of Archaeology at
Southampton University. He previously taught at
the National University of Ireland, Galway, and has a
wide knowledge of Irish archaeology.
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Ireland -
Megaliths & Monasteries around
Dublin
Mon 1 – Mon 8
September
2008
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David Drew
David Drew, archaeologist, writer and broadcaster,
read Modern History at Oxford and later completed an
M.A. in Archaeology and Anthropology at the Institute
of Latin American Studies in London. He is closely
involved with the Cusichaca Trust in Peru, working
with local communities to restore their ancient
heritage. He has made many documentary films for the
BBC and other broadcasters and has written books
about the Maya and the Incas.
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The Maya in Guatemala
& Belize
Wed 5 –
Wed 19 Mar 2008
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Peru – Moche,
Chimu, Inca
Mon 28 April
– Wed 14 May 2008
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Bolivia and Peru
– the heart of Andean
Civilisation
Fri 26 Sept
– Wed 15 Oct 2008
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The Maya in
Mexico
Mon 17 Nov
– Tue 2 Dec 2008
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Dr Andrew Fear
Andrew Fear D Phil is lecturer in Classics at the
University of Manchester, and is author of
‘Rome and Baetica’ and ‘Lives of
the Visigothic Fathers’.
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Roman Province of
Lusitania
Mon 31 Mar – Mon 7
April 2008
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Andalucia
Thur 15 – Thur 22
May 2008
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Catalonia – Ebro
Delta, rock art, Iberians &
Romans
Sat 6 – Sat 13
Sept 2008
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Alan French
Alan French MA Mlitt read Classics at Bristol and
Archaeology at Birmingham University. He
lectures in Roman archaeology at the University of
Winchester.
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Pompeii, Herculaneum
& Classical Campania
Sat 22 – Sat 29
Mar 2008
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Sicilia
Antiqua
Thur 18 – Sun 28
Sept 2008
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Roman
Germany
Mon 6 –
Tue 14 Oct 2008
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Oliver Gilkes
Oliver Gilkes has worked as a field archaeologist in
the UK, Italy, Albania and Libya. He currently
works for the University of East Anglia.
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Ravenna &
Aquileia
Fri 18 – Fri 25
April 2008
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Albania, The Land of
the Eagles
Mon 19 – Wed 28
May 2008
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Albania, The Land of
the Eagles
Mon 29 Sept – Wed
8 Oct 2008
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Dr Ffiona Gilmore Eaves
Ffiona Gilmore Eaves PhD wrote her thesis on the
early chuch at Porec and travelled extensively along
the Adriatic littoral. She has worked in
life-long learning and adult education, especially
for the WEA.
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Ravenna &
Aquileia
Fri 5 – Fri 12
Sept 2008
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Republic of Macedonia
(FYROM)
Mon 6 – Mon 13 Oct
2008
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Dr Caroline Goodson
Dr Caroline Goodson is a lecturer in medieval history
and archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of
London. She is also a field archaeologist and has
excavated Roman and Medieval sites in the
Mediterranean in Lazio, Liguria, Puglia, Molise (all
in Italy) and Morocco.
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Casablanca to
Marrakesh
Sat 18 – Sun 26
Oct 2008
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Dr Lucia Gahlin
Lucia Gahlin teaches Egyptology for the Universities
of Bristol and Exeter, and works at the Petrie Museum
of Egyptian Archaeology. She has excavated at Tell
el-Amarna in Middle Egypt and is author of "Egypt:
gods, myths and religion".
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Egypt
5 November – 20
November 2008
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Nick Jackson
Nick Jackson is an archaeologist specialising in the
Bronze Age. He has lived in Berlin for many
years and has supervised excavations in Jordan, Syria
and Turkey.
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Jordan, Petra &
the Dessert Fortresses
Thur 17 - Sat 26
April 2008
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Syria – From the
Hauran to the Euphrates
Sun 12 – Wed 22
Oct 2008
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Dr Gill Juleff
Gill Juleff is an archaeo-metallurgist who
specialises in early ferrous technology (the
archaeology of iron). After working as English
Heritage's archaeological conservator for the
Southwest, Gill moved to Sri Lanka and worked on a
number of archaeological projects on World Heritage
sites, directed a major archaeo-metallurgical project
set in the southern central highlands of Sri Lanka
and associated with a large-scale hydro-electric
development scheme.
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Sri Lanka Over
Christmas and New Year
Mon 22 Dec 2008 – Sat 3
Jan 2009
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Professor Tony King
Tony King is a lecturer in archaeology at the
University of Winchester. He has excavated
extensively in Britian and abroad, including Hayling
Island, Meonstoke Roman Villa, Pompeii, Leptis Magna
and Volubilis. He specialises in faunal remains
and has studied many excavated assemblages, including
those from Pompeii.
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Pompeii, Herculaneum
& Classical Campania
Mon 14 –
Mon 21 April 2008
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Ravenna &
Aquileia
Tue 6 – Tue 13 May
2008
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Professor William Manning
William Manning PhD FSA is Emeritus Professor of
Archaeology at Cardiff University, specialising in
Roman Archaeology, particularly ancient technology.
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Libya –
Tripolitania &
Cyrenaica
Tue 22 – Wed 30
April 2008
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Pompeii, Herculaneum
& Classical Campania
Mon 22 –
Mon 29 Sept 2008
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Tunisia –
Carthage to the Sahara
Tue 28 Oct
– Tue 11 Nov 2008
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DrJill Marrington
Jill Marrington PhD is a graduate of Exeter
University and the University of California at
Irvine. She specialises in the Aegean Bronze Age,
Homer and Translation theory, and now lives full time
in Crete.
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Crete Minoan
Civilisation
Mon 28 April – Mon
5 May 2008
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Dr David Mattingly
David Mattingly PhD is Professor of Archaeology at
the University of Leicester. His area of
expertise is North Africa, and Saharan archaeology in
particular.
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Prehistoric Libya
– Rock Art
Tue 21 – Tue 28
Oct 2008
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Dr Matthew Moran
Matthew Moran MPhil PhD is an archaeologist and art
historian, specialising in medieval Italy. He
lived and worked in Italy for many years, and has a
passion for the country’s contemporary culture
and cuisine. He works for a leading academic
publishing house, and has led numerous tours for
Andante.
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Farès Moussa
Farès Moussa specialises in North
African archaeology/ anthropology and is currently at
the University of Edinburgh researching Libyco-/Punic
religion and funerary art in North Africa. He has
wide experience in operations management and
coordinating fieldtrips.
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Tunisia – The
Punic Wars
Fri 21 – Fri 28 Mar
2008
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Dr Georgina Muskett
Georgina Muskett PhD is an Honorary Research Fellow
at the University of Liverpool, where she lectures in
Greek Art and Archaeology. Her research
interests also include Minoan and Mycenaean art.
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Crete Minoan
Civilisation
Mon 7 – Mon
14 April 2008
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The
Peloponnese
Tue 15 – Wed 23
April 2008
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Dr Paul Nicholson
Dr Paul Nicholson is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology
at Cardiff University. His research areas are
Egyptian Archaeology, early technology and
archaeological science, and he has conducted
fieldwork and excavation at Tell el-Amarna, Memphis
and other sites in Egypt. He is co-author, with
Dr. Ian Shaw, of The British Museum Dictionary of
Ancient Egypt.
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Egypt
Sun 23 Mar – Mon 7
April 2008
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Tony O’Connor
Tony O’Connor has excavated widely in Britain,
Italy and Libya, and is now a museum
archaeologist. He specialises in the Roman
world and numismatics.
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Provence –
barbarians, Greeks and
Romans
Mon 1 – Sun 7 Sept
2008
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Libya –
Tripolitania &
Cyrenaica
Tue 14 – Wed 22
Oct 2008
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Syria – From
Hauran to Euphrates
Sun 28 Dec
– Wed 7 Jan 2008
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Professor John Prag
John Prag MA, Dip Class Arch, DPhil, FSA, is
Professor Emeritus at Manchester Museum, where he was
Keeper of Archaeology. He is involved with work
on the reconstruction of ancient faces.
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Turkey – The
Aegean Coast
Tue 22 April – Sun
4 May 2008
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The
Peloponnese
Mon 29 Sept –
Tue 7 Oct 2008
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Dr Kay Prag
Kay Prag DPhil FSA has worked and published widely in
the Near East since 1963. She has written Blue Guides
to the region, is an Honorary Lecturer at the
University of Manchester and directs excavation and
research projects in Jordan.
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Syria – From
Hauran to Euphrates
Sun 6 – Wed
16 April 2008
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Jordan – Petra
& the dessert
fortresses
Thur 2 –
Sat 11 October 2008
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Dr Josephine Quinn
Josephine Quinn PhD teaches Greek and Roman history
at Worcester College, Oxford. She is writing a book
about North Africa in the Hellenistic period.
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Libya –
Tripolitania & Cyrenaica
(Easter)
Tue 18 – Wed 26
Mar 2008
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Julian Richards
Julian Richards is a Wessex based archaeologist and
broadcaster with passion for Stonehenge. The
presenter of BBC2's long-running 'Meet the Ancestors'
series, his 'Stonehenge - the story so far' has just
been published by English Heritage.
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Wessex and
Stonhengiana
Fri 4 – Sun
6 July 2008
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Terry Richardson
Terry Richardson has a university background in
Ancient History and Classical Civilisation. He
is an author of the ‘Rough Guide:
Turkey’, and co-author/photographer of
‘The Lycian Way’. He lives and
works in southwest Turkey.
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Eastern Turkey –
Euphrates, Tigris &
Beyond
Mon 15 – Sat
27 Sept 2008
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John Sadler
John Sadler BA (Hons) M.Phil. FRHistS FSA (Scotl.) is
a military historian working in the North-East of
England. Part-time lecturer at Newcastle University,
he currently works as Heritage Officer for County
Durham. He has also worked as a Battlefield tour
guide taking parties around the battlefields of the
UK and Europe, from Caesar to Montgomery, with many
publications to his name.
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Caesar’s Gallic
Wars
Mon 22 – Sat 28
Sept 2008
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Dr Gillian Shepherd
Gillian Shepherd PhD is Lecturer in Classical
Archaeology at the University of Birmingham.
She specialises in the Greek colonisation of Italy
and Sicily.
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Sicilia
Antiqua
Mon 31 Mar – Thur
10 April 2008
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Pompeii, Herculaneum
& Classical Campania
Mon 8 – Mon 15
Sept
2008
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Professor Alastair Small
Alastair Small is an Emeritus Professor of Classics
at the University of Alberta, Canada, and Honorary
Fellow in Classics at the University of
Edinburgh. He specialises in the Iron Age and
Roman period in southern Italy.
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Apulia – Caves,
Castles and Cathedrals
Thur 22 – Thur 29
May 2008
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Pompeii for
Cognoscenti
Mon 1 – Mon 8 Sept
2008
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Pompeii, Herculaneum
& Classical Campania
Sun 5 – Sun 12 Oct
2008
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Steven Snape
Dr Steven Snape is Senior Lecturer in Egyptian
Archaeology at Liverpool University. His main
research and teaching interests are Ramesside Egypt
(especially its external contacts) and the sacred
landscape of Ancient Egypt. He has directed fieldwork
in the Nile Delta, Sinai, Middle Egypt and Thebes,
and is currently Director of the Liverpool University
Mission to Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham.
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Egypt
Sun 12 – Mon 27
Oct 2008
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Dr Nick Thorpe
Nick Thorpe PhD is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at
the University of Winchester. He has published
books and articles on ancient Wessex, early
agriculture, warfare and ancient inventions.
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Brittany
Mon 8 – Sun 14
Sept 2008
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Dr Judith Toms
Judith Toms DPhil teaches in London and Oxford,
focussing on the ancient art and archaeology of the
central Mediterranean. Her research mainly
concerns the Etruscan civilization and its
neighbours.
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The Etruscans,
Romantic Ruins in Rural
Italy
Sun 20 – Sun 27
April 2008
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The Etruscans,
Romantic Ruins in Rural
Italy
Sun 19 - Sun 26
Oct
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Sardinia
Sat 27 Sept –
Sun 5 Oct 2008
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Richard Wallace
Richard Wallace MA taught Greek and Roman art,
architecture, history and civilisation at the
University of Keele, where he was head of the
Classics Dept for 13 years.
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Latium – The
roman countryside
Sun 4 – Sun 11 May
2008
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Umbria, Archaeology in
the Hill Towns
Tue 30
Sept– Tue 7 Oct 2008
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Professor Trevor Watkins
Trevor Watkins PhD FSA FSA Scot is Emeritus Professor
of Near Eastern prehistory at the University of
Edinburgh. He has directed excavations in
Cyprus, Syria, Iraq and Turkey, and continues to be
involved in research.
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Turkey –
Anatolia & Cappadocia
Sat 10 – Wed 21
May 2008
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