Mesolithic and Neolithic Mediterranean (origins to c 3500 BC)
Covers everything from the early prehistoric through to the beginning of the Bronze Age. We look at Mesolithic societies and the Neolithic expansion,.
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It's not every day that you stumble across an ancient Greek cannonball. This was one of a few in what was once a munitions store for a catapult installation defending the walls of Segesta in western Sicily. Segesta by the way is just one of the more remote archaeological sites we have visited on our travels looking for signs of those first inhabitants and societies around the Mediterranean. Why not join us on our explorations?
Eras
The Formative Mediterranean (c 3500 to c. 1200 BC)
This period looks at the rise of the Great Kings and Bronze Age Civilisations of the Middle East through to their eventual demise.
Explore Era »The Classical Sea (c. 1200 BC to c. 500 AD)
Covers the rise of the Phoenicians, the Greek city-states, the Hellenistic period, the Carthaginian empire, and the entirety of Roman dominance up to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Explore Era »The Modern Mediterranean (c. 1500 AD to Present)
From the rise of the Ottoman Empire and Spanish Habsburgs, through the World Wars, to the modern political landscape.
Explore Era »Spanning the Ages
Events that span thousands of years across the eras.
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Mesolithic Voyages to Malta c 6500 BC
New archaeological findings in Malta reveal a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer site dating back 8500 years, demonstrating...
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Xlendi Bay shipwreck off Gozo c 700 BC
The Phoenician period shipwreck off Xlendi Bay on the island of Gozo sank about 700 BC. It was carrying a mixed cargo.
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