Specialist Guides
All our specialist guides are experts in their
subjects, and while other tour guides can tell you
the basics, our leaders have specialist knowledge
about the sites we visit and help plan
itineraries so that you can see the very
best the area has to offer.
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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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Bare Bones
Carthage
Sun 26 October
– Sun 2 November 2008
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Bare Bones
Pompeii
Sat 24
– Sat 31 October 2009
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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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Bare Bones
Melos
Sun 10 – Sat 16
May 2009
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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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Bare Bones
Peru
Mon 11 –
Thu 21 May 2009
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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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Bare Bones
Rome
Mon 3 – Sat 8
November 2008
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Bare Bones
Pompeii
Sun 18 – Sun 25
January 2009
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Bare Bones
Rome
Mon 2 – Sat 7 Nov
2009
Tue 22
– Sun 27 Dec 2009
(over
Christmas)
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Dr Ffiona Gilmore Eaves
Ffiona Gilmore Eaves PhD
wrote her thesis on the early church 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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Bare Bones
Athens
Sun 15 – Sat 21
February 2009
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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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Bare Bones
Petra
Sun 26 October –
Sun 2 November 2008
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Bare Bones
Syria
Sat 21 – Sat 28
March 2009
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Bare Bones
Petra
Sat 23 – Sat 30 May
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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Bare Bones
Leptis
Wed 4 – Sun 8 Nov
2009
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Farès
Moussa
FarèsMoussa 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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Bare Bones
Leptis
Wed 4 – Sun 8
November 2008
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Bare Bones
Leptis
Sat 4 – Wed 8
April 2009
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Bare Bones
Carthage
Sun 25 Oct – Sun 1
Nov 2009
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Eireann
Marshall
Eireann Marshall Ph.D. is
a Research Associate and Associate Lecturer with the
Open University as well as an Honorary Research
Fellow at the University of Exeter. She has
published a number of articles on Ancient North
Africa, and co-edited volumes on 'Death and Disease
in the Ancient City' and ‘Women’s
influence on Classical Civilisation’. She has
led many tours for Andante, including several to
Pompeii/Sicily/Tunisia/Libya, and is bilingual in
English and Italian.
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Bare Bones
Pompeii
Sat 23 – Sat 30
May 2009
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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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Bare Bones
Crete
Tue 7 – Tue 14
October 2008
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Bare Bones
Crete
Tue 12 – Tue 19
May 2009
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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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Bare Bones
Egypt
Sat 7 – Mon 16
March 2009
Sun 27 Dec 2009 –
Tue 05 Jan 2010
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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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Bare Bones
Troy
Sun 5 – Sun 12
April 2009
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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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Bare Bones
Wessex
Fri 8 – Sun 10
August 2008
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Bare Bones
Wessex
Fri 28 – Sun 30
Aug 2009
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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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Bare Bones
Byzantium
Tue 4 – Mon 10
November 2008
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Bare Bones
Byzantium
Tue 3 – Mon 9 Nov
2009
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