Current lecture topics include :-

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• WHO ARE WE AND WHERE DO WE COME FROM

A journey of nearly a million years using the latest DNA analysis to trace the history of the population of the British Isles starting with the evolution of Homo Sapiens in Africa.

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• PETRA AND THE LOST KINGDOM OF THE NABATAEANS

Everyone has heard of Petra, but what do we know about the people who built it?

Where did they come from, how did they become so wealthy that they could build Petra and what happened to them?

 

• THE KHMER EMPIRE

Over 2 million people visit Angkor in Cambodia every year. This talk tells the story of the great empire that built Angkor and ruled over Cambodia as well as much of Viet-Nam, Laos and Thailand as well.

 

• DISCOVERING THE MAYA

An introduction to the Mayan world covering some of their great cities, their myths, their complex calendar and their hieroglyphic script. I also look at reasons why their civilization collapsed.

 

• THE LYCIANS AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS

Ancient Lycia, that bulge on Turkey’s southern coastline, had a particularly interesting history as the Lycians tried to maintain their independence from Persian, Greek and Roman invaders.

 

• EASTER ISLAND

I try to unravel the true story behind all the myths surrounding this mysterious island. Where did the inhabitants come from, how and why did they erect all those famous statues and what happened to them?

 

• A BRIEF HISTORY OF EGYPT

It would be impossible to cover the entire history of Egypt in one session, so I have decided to concentrate on one particular locality, the area around the modern town of Luxor, known as Thebes to the Greek (and so described in most textbooks) but actually known as Wast to the ancient Egyptians.

 

• BRITIAIN BC

This is a Study Day rather than a lecture. It runs, with suitable tea/coffee and lunch breaks, from about 10.00am until about 5.00pm. The aim is to cover the history of the British Isles from visits made by early hominims about a million years ago up to the first invasion of Britain in 55 BC. The day is broken up into 9 sections with handouts covering each section.

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• MEXICO BEFORE THE CONQUISTADORS

A history of Ancient Mexico from the Olmecs to the Aztecs, visiting Zapotecs, Mixtecs and Toltecs plus the Maya en-route.

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g for a lecturer, then this is the website for you. Most of my lectures are about ancient history, but I cover a range of other subjects as well including travel and wildlife. Look at the lists of lectures available and contact me