B.C. Archaeology

Study Tours of the Ancient World

OUR TOURS



"Who seeks the way to win renown, Or flies with wings of high desire, Who seeks to wear the laurel crown, Or hath the mind that would aspire, Let him his native soil eschew, Let him go range and seek a new".
Sir Richard Grenville, from 'In praise of Seafaring Men'


FOR INDIVIDUAL TOUR ITINERARIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE RELEVANT TOUR NAME BELOW
ANCIENT AND WILD AFRICA:
SOUTH AFRICA, ZIMBABWE & BOTSWANA

Includes: Sterkfontein Caves (incl. Cradle of Humankind Museum), Kruger National Park, Great Zimbabwe ruins, Matapos National Park rock art, Lion Park, Victoria Falls, Chobe National Park
CENTRAL ASIA:
CITIES OF THE SILK ROAD

Includes: Tashkent, Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, Pemjakent, Dushanbe, Khujand, Kokand
ANCIENT EGYPT:
THE AMARNA PERIOD

Includes: Saqqara, Giza, Fayyum Oasis, Beni Hasan, Amarna, Abydos, Luxor Temple, Deir el Bahri, Karnak, 5 night luxury Dahabiya cruise with en suite cabins, Edfu, Gebel Silsila, Philae
ANCIENT EGYPT:
RAMESSES THE GREAT
Includes: Saqqara, Giza, Alexandria, Deir el Bahri, Karnak, Abydos, Edfu, 3 day luxury Cruise on Lake Nasser, Abu Simbel
ANCIENT EGYPT:
A THOUSAND MILES UP THE NILE

Includes: a 3-week dahabiya sailboat cruise and 4 night Lake Nasser cruise visiting Dahshur, Beni Hasan, Amarna, Meir, Abydos, Medamud, Deir el Bahri, El Tod, Edfu, Abu Simbel
ANCIENT EGYPT:
WESTERN DESERT OASES
Includes: Alexandria, Siwa Oasis, Aghurmi Village, Bahariya Oasis, White Desert, Dakhleh Oasis, el Qasr village, Balat mastabas, Kharga Oasis, Temple of Hibis, Qasr Dush
ESSENTIAL EGYPT:
THE WORLD OF THE PHARAOHS

Includes: Giza, Cairo Museum, Saqqara, Luxor, Edfu, 3 night Nile cruise Luxor to Aswan, Abu Simbel
EGYPT AND JORDAN:
HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Includes: Giza, Luxor, 3 night Nile cruise Luxor to Aswan, Abu Simbel, Jerash, Petra, Wadi Rum
SOUTHERN FRANCE:
THE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL WORLD

Includes: Arles, Nimes, Avignon, Orange, Pont du Gard, Vaison la Romaine, Carcassonne, Toulouse
NORTHERN GREECE:
THE WORLD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Includes: Corfu, Dodona, Meteora, Dion, Vergina, Pella, Thessaloniki, Amphipolis, Philippi
SOUTHERN GREECE:
HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Includes: Corinth, Myceane, Tiryns, Nemea, Epidaurus, Nauplion, Olympia, Delphi, Knossos, Phaestus, Aghia, Triadha, Santorini, Akrotiri, Athens, Brauron, Saunion
THE GREEK ISLANDS:
IN THE WAKE OF ODYSSEUS

Includes: Athens, Mykonos, Delos, Naxos, Paros, Milos, Santorini, Rhodes, Kos, Samos
NORTHERN INDIA:
RAJASTHAN AND THE MUGHULS

Includes: Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Fatehpur Sikri, Jaipur, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Ranakpur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer
ANCIENT IRAN:
HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Includes: Tehran, Ecbatana, Bisotun, Susa, Shiraz, Persepolis, Pasargadea, Yazd, Isfahan, Qom
ANCIENT MALTA AND SICILY:
HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Includes: Valetta, Gozo, Syracuse, Piazza Armerina, Agrigento, Selinunte, Segesta, Palermo, Taormina
ESSENTIAL MOROCCO:
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL KINGDOMS

Includes: Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchouan, Volubilis, Meknes, Fes, Merzouga sand dunes, Todra and Dades Gorges, Ait Ben Haddou, Marrakesh
ANCIENT MOROCCO:
ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY

Includes: Casablanca, Rabat, Lixus, Tangier, Chefchouan, Volubilis, Meknes, Fes, Merzouga sand dunes, Todra and Dades Gorges, Ait Ben Haddou, Marrakesh
ANCIENT OMAN:
LAND OF FRANKINCENSE

Includes: Khasab Fort, Muscat, Nizwa Fort, Jabreen, Bahla fort, Wahiba desert, Sur, Bimmah sinkhole, Salalah, Empty Quarter desert
NORTHERN SPAIN:
THE ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL WORLD

Includes: Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragosa, Pamplona, Bilbao, Burgos, Leon, Oviedo, Santiago
SOUTHERN SPAIN:
FROM THE ROMANS TO THE MOORS

Includes: Madrid, Segovia, Avila, Toledo, Merida, Italica, Seville, Cadiz, Ronda, Antequerra, Cordoba, Medinet el-Zahra, Granada, Barcelona
ANCIENT SUDAN:
KINGDOM OF THE BLACK PHARAOHS

Includes: Khartoum, Kerma, Tombos, Sesebi, Soleb, Sedeinga, Jebel Barkal, El Kurru, Nuri, Meroe, Naga, Musawwarat Es Sufra, Omdurman
ANCIENT TUNISIA:
ARCHAEOLOGY & THE DESERT

Includes: Carthage, Tunis, Dougga, Sufetela, Kairouan, Sousse, Sfax, Tozeur, the Star Wars sets
EASTERN TURKEY:
ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY

Includes: Ani, Dogubayazit, Van, Akdamar Island, Diyarbakir, Gobleki Tepe, Nemrut Dagi, Gaziantep, Antakya, Catal Huyuk, Konya, Hattusas, Ankara
WESTERN TURKEY:
FOLLOWING ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Includes: Troy, Pergamon, Ephesus, Miletus, Bodrum, Fethiye, Phaselis, Antalya, Perge, Termessos, Gordion, Cappadocia

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