FIELD NOTES & EXPEDITIONS
Ancient Sites.
Touch History.
Studying the stonework, the construction and the landscape to better understand the people who built these places.
THE SITES · THE STONE · THE JOURNEYS
SITE VISITS · EXPERT TOURS · LOCAL GUIDES
FIELD NOTES
Follow the evidence.
Ancient sites offer a glimpse into the engineering skills of the past. Once you’ve taken in the aesthetics, look closer at the craftsmanship, precision and tool marks, then try to work backward and imagine how it was actually built.
Feel the scale.
The marks are visible.
The method is the question.
Scoop-shaped cuts, an unfinished obelisk and the practical problem of removing granite from bedrock.
*Estimated weight if completed.
KARAHAN TEPE / TURKEY
PHALLIC PILLARS / SUNKEN ENCLOSURES
Start with what
is in the ground.
Carved enclosures, unusual pillars and an unfinished T-shaped stone.
EXPEDITIONS
07 JOURNEYS / MULTIPLE WAYS IN
The trips built
around the sites.
Expert-led tours, local guides and solo journeys to ancient sites and the places around them.
01 / Egypt
Mysteries of ancient Egypt
UNCHARTEDX
BEN VAN KERKWYK / YOUSEF AWYAN
Pyramids, quarries and underground chambers, with a closer look at the stonework and how it was built.
HIGHLIGHTS
Osiris Shaft – creepy underground chambers at Giza
Serapeum – massive stone boxes where I hurt myself
Osirion – strange underground megalithic stone building
02 / Angkor, Cambodia
Following the zenith sun.
MAYA EXPLORATION CENTER
LUKE CAVERNS
Temples, stone carvings and the brief moment when the sun sits directly overhead.
HIGHLIGHTS
Bakong Temple – zenith light shaft video
03 / Olmec Mexico
Across the Olmec heartland.
MAYA EXPLORATION CENTER
LUKE CAVERNS
Giant Olmec heads, ancient sites, and a trail of artifacts from Veracruz to Mexico City.
HIGHLIGHTS
Tres Zapotes Monument Q – 3D scan, found about 3 km from Tres Zapotes
La Venta Monument 1 – 3D scan, from La Venta’s ceremonial core
STONEHENGE
04 / England
Ancient England.
MEGALITHOMANIA + ANCIENT SPIRIT TOURS
HUGH NEWMAN / JJ AINSWORTH + GUEST HOSTS
Stonehenge, Avebury and other major prehistoric sites across southern England.
HIGHLIGHTS
Stonehenge – 4500 year old megalithic stone circle
Crop circles – who or what created them?
Cerne Giant – symbolism or folklore?
GIANT’S CAUSEWAY
05 / IRELand
Belfast & the Boyne Valley.
TOURSBYLOCALS
PRIVATE DRIVERS
Private tours covering passage tombs, coastal sites around Belfast and Dublin.
HIGHLIGHTS
Newgrange – passage tomb older than the pyramids
Fourknocks Tomb – see the 5000 year old carvings inside
Kinbane Castle – dramatic castle ruins on the Antrim coast
Monasterboice High Crosses – massive medieval carved stone
GÖBEKLI TEPE
06 / TURKEY
Göbekli Tepe and beyond.
MEGALITHOMANIA
ANDREW COLLINS / HUGH NEWMAN / JJ AINSWORTH
Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe and the wider route through ancient Turkey.
HIGHLIGHTS
Gobekli Tepe – 12,000 year old stone temple
Derinkuyu – 3,000 year old underground city
Mount Nemrut – summit of colossal stone statue remnants
Hattusa – home of the mysterious green stone
BOROBUDUR
07 / YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA
Sunrise at Borobudur
JOGJA DRIVER TEAM / SELF-TOUR
Borobudur, Prambanan, Ratu Boko and the surrounding sites.
Travel & Experiences
THE DETOURS
Beyond the
ancient world.
Ancient sites may lead the way, but not every detour needs an excuse. Some places, experiences, and stops are worth the trip on their own.
England / Before the expedition
A day in the Cotswolds.
Small Group Tour.
25-SEAT BUS / 3 VILLAGES / 1 DAY
Before the ancient England tour: a day trip from London to small stone villages, old churches and quaint country roads.
In transit / On the way to Egypt
The journey
starts at SFO.
FLIGHT REVIEW / QSUITE
Qatar Airways Qsuite: the seat, the lounge and the flight experience before reaching the ancient sites.
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