The bottles of wine have been on the sea bed since about 1860 ish...

Clay figures from Knossos in the Heraklion Museum. Visitors may admire sculptures, clay figurines, superb jewels and astonishing frescos and remains from the various Minoan palaces of Crete (especially from the palace at Knossos).

Exhibited in the Heraklion Museum

The Minoan Palace of Knossos lies at a distance of 5 km from the town centre of Iraklion (Heraklion), Crete along the road to Archanes.

A beautiful room in the Palace.

The base of the Palace walls still standing.

The Boar's-tooth helmet from the Herkalion Museum

The Phaistos or Phaestos Disk is a curious archaeological find. Most likely dating from about 1700 BC, its purpose, meaning and even its original geographical place of manufacture remains disputed, making it one of the most famous mysteries of archaeology.

Persepolis (Capital of Persia in Greek) or Takht-e Jamshid (The Throne of Jamshid) became summer capital of Achaemenian after Pasargad. The construction of this impressive palace started by Darius I, one of Cyrus's successors, in about 518 BC. Was completed over a period of 150 years by...

Sightseeing in Petra, Amman, Jerash, Kerak, and Ajlun.

A video made to show some of the beautiful faces, gardens and archaeology of the Middle East and the people of Jordan, Syria, and Palestine

A montage of video-slide footage of Aleppo and Raqqa, the second capital city of Syria.

Luxor Temple - Small but nice!

Luxor Temple at Night