Category: Historical

On a trip to the excellent Avoncroft outdoor museum, near Bromsgrove in western England, I came across…

Originally built around 90 AD Caerleon amphitheatre was a popular entertainment venue for the legionnaries, and others…

One of the exciting features of the Roman remains in Caerleon, South Wales, is the amphitheatre. According…

The Roman Second Augustan Legion are famous in British history for many reasons, one being their big…

For me smartphone photogrammetry is a wonderful way to go beyond ‘normal’ 3D photos, adding extra depth…

Wandering around Halesowen town centre (in western England) recently I came across a lovely carved stone womans…

Carvings of eagles in wood are quite common in old buildings, especially in churches, abbeys and cathedrals….

Sometimes it seems that modern sculptures based on the ancient Greek style are ubiquitous. So it’s not…

The Nereid Monument is an ancient tomb from what is now south-west Turkey. According to Wikipedia it…

Born in 470 BC, Sokrates (a.k.a. Socrates) was a Greek philosopher who is credited as founding Western…