 lthough I did a lot of in-depth research for my novel Gold in the Shadow, which is generously-interwoven with anthroplogical, archaeological and mythological themes, I certainly make no claim to any professional status in any of these fields. They are just additional hobbies and interests.
I did take an Archaeology of Britain class at Oxford University's Merton College, and over the years I have been fortunate to be able to visit quite a few remarkable, ancient sites. Here are some of those, with a few photo links:
Pyramids at Giza, Luxor & Karnak temple ruins, Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens\Queen Haptshetsut's Temple, , Colossi of Memnon
Xian (terra cotta army), Great Wall (China)
Bandelier Cliff Dwellings (Anasazi ruins, New Mexico)
Taos Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico
Chichen Itza, Tulum, & Ruinas del Rey (Mayan ruins, Yucatan, Mexico), and a few lesser sites in the Yucatan.
Stonehenge, Avebury & Bath (Roman baths), England
Ring of Brodgar, Stennes Stones, 2024 Ness of Brogar excavations, the Broch of Gurness and couple of chambered cairn tombs,in Orkney, Scotland
Callanish Stones, and Dun Carloway (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) both on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Quoygrew Viking settlement, (only from a distance) Brough of Birsay, Orkney, Scotland
Skara Brae, (only from a distance due to gale force wind closure, but also its visitor center), Orkney, Scotland
Maeshowe chambered cairn tomb, (only from a distance), Orkney, Scotland
Gallows Hill cairn tomb, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Sachsayhuaman, Coricancha, Machu Picchu, Pachamama temple, Tambo Machay (Peru)
The Acropolis\Parthenon, Agora, & other archaeological sites in Athens, Mycenae, Delphi, Corinth (Greece)
Colloseum, Forum, Catacombs, etc. (Rome, Italy)
Pompei, and Epidaurus (Italy)
Open archaeological sites in Jerusalem, (Israel & Palestine)
Masada (Israel)
Roman Aqueduct, Hippodrome, etc, Istanbul, Turkey
Ephesus (Turkey)
Porta Negra (Roman ruins, Trier, Germany)
Nimes and Orange Roman arenas (France)
Pont du Gard aqueduct (France)
Newspaper Rock, and Anasazi (or earlier) ruins, Petrified Forest National Park, NM
Mayan ruins at Altun Ha and Lamanai , Belize
Meknes\Ksar Faraoun and other sites in Morocco
Mammoth site, South Dakota
Mesa Verde ruins, New Mexico
Colorado River Petroglyphs in Glen Canyon, Arizona, on the Colorado River
Roman ruins in Cologne, Germany
Porta Praetoria and other Roman ruins in Regensburg, Germany
Surviving section of Roman wall by Tower Hill in London
Templo de Debod, Madrid
Various Roman ruins in Toledo, Spain
Roman aqueduct, bridge and lesser ruins in Salamanca, Spain
Roman water wheel, bridge, etc. in Cordoba, Spain
Roman Ruins in Barcelona, Spain
Roman ruins in Bucharest, Romania
Angkor Wat,
Angkor Thom,
Ta Prohm,
Preah Khan,
Ta Som,
East Mebon,
Banteay Srei,
Beng Melea, and
Neak Pean, Cambodia,
Ayutthaya ruins, Ayahutta, Thailand
Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand
Borobudur, Java, Indonesia
Most people might mot automatically associate battlefields, miltary fortifications, and castles
with what they think of when they hear the term archaeology, but this subfield of anthroplogy,
which studies the human past (...and present) through material remains also includes the Medieval,
Post-Medieval, and Industrial/Modern eras. I have visited numerous castles, palaces, fortresses,
churches, abbeys, temples and religious ruins, battlefields, and miltary remains from these later
times periods as well.
Web site links to some of the best Archaeological and Natural History Museums that I have visited:
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Terra Cotta Soldier Museum, Xian, China
British Museum, London
Musee du Louvre, Paris (contains extensive archaelogical exhibits, in addition to the better known art exhibits)
Viking Museum, Oslo
Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C.
American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York.
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy (many Roman period artifacts & sculptures, in addition to later period art).
Angkor National Museum, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Norman, Oklahoma.
Bali Museum, Bali, Indonnesia.
London Mithraeum, mid-3rd century temple and museum, in London.
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