Uruk – The world’s first city (6)

Uruk continued to be a prominent and influential city throughout the third millennia. When King Eannutum established the first proto- … More

Uruk – The world’s first city (5)

There is a legend in Sumerian mythology that Inanna went to the sacred city of Eridu where she stole a … More

Aside from the Temples themselves, the Temple district also contains several other buildings, some of which have been identified as … More

What then do we know about city and its structure from the excavations have taken place city seems to been … More

The start of the Uruk period can be dated to around 4100 BCE when there is a notable increase in … More

In a series of posts I am going to look at the story of the city of Uruk in Mesopotamia. … More

Within the site at Segedunum Fort there is also a reconstruction of a Roman bath-house. It comprises 5 rooms: The … More

In the museum at Segedunum, there are re-constructions of a barrack room and the shrine within the Principia where … More

A trip to Didcot in Oxfordshire for a steam day at the Great Western Railway Centre. The last time I … More

The eastern end of Hadrian’s wall was at Segedunum Roman Fort on the Tyne estuary, east of Newcastle. The main … More