The Royal Ontario Museum will host afour day symposium called Life in the Afterlife at the same time that a giant Terracotta Warriors show will be on display at the museum. Life in the Afterlife will explore ideas on life after death across different cultures. Speakers will be talking about…
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London Flights to Iran and Iraq Open up Cradle of Civilization to Tourists
As volcanic ash from Iceland’s volcano continues to cause chaos, there is news that access to Iran‘s ancient sites could soon become easier. From June to October this year, IranAir plans to operate a weekly non-stop flight from London Heathrow to Shiraz. The Saturday service will operate alongside the airlines…
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Take Shortcut to Athens via Nashville Parthenon
The cast and crew of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief didn’t have to go all the way to Athens to film the hydra scene in the Parthenon. They just booked some time in a reconstruction of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennesse. Perhaps in the future, as the…
AwiL Video Series: The Age of Exploration
From the bloody rebellion of Boudicca to the fearsome Norman invasion, London had always been under attack in its ancient past. Yet successes during the Middle Ages allowed the city and nation to branch out, conquering new lands and forging trade links all over the world. 1683 saw Oxford play…
Finally! Tickets to Amenabar’s Agora Film This Weekend in London
I’m pretty sure that this is probably the worst intro written to a blogpost ever, but: ‘W00t!’ Alejandro Amenbar’s big film Agora on the life (and death) of philosopher and mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria will (finally) be released ‘at cinemas nationwide’ (that’s UK) on April 23. I’ve been saying (and…
Giant Tree Stump Completes Seahenge Exhibit at Norfolk’s Lynn Museum
King’s Lynn in Norfolk played host to the year’s oddest cultural occasions yesterday, as a 1.5 ton tree stump was lowered into the town’s Lynn Museum. But it was no ordinary stump: the giant piece of oak was once the centrepoint for 4,000-year-old Seahenge, an ancient circle of wooden posts…
Day Trips from London For History Fans
The south east of England has been at the centre of British history for two thousand years. There are hundreds of heritage sites within striking distance of London that can be easily visited in a day. Tracking out from the historic Roman heart of the city, here are some of…
New! Live Music and Amarna Area in King Tut Virtual
We’re always busy at Heritage Key striving to bring you exciting new activities and more places to explore. If you have been to King Tut Virtual before you might have had a visit to the Amarna area by the Nile. We have been really extending that area to give you…
Iceland Eyjafjallajökull Ash is Nothing: The Biggest Ancient Volcanic Eruptions
It may not come as much of a relief to the tens of thousands stuck in airports across the world, but Wednesday’s Eyjafjallajkull eruption in Iceland is smallfry compared to some of the ancient world’s most destructive episodes. Women in China’s Yunnan Province are still suffering huge mortality rates from…
Will Volcanic Ash Delay Start of New Commercial Flights Between London and Iraq?
This week, the UK skies fell oddly silent due to flight cancellations caused by the eruption of a volcano in Iceland. As business and holiday travellers fret over changed plans and lost vacation, one particularly symbolic flight hangs in the balance. Passengers booked onto the 11am Iraqi Airways flight to…