Returning to Where We Have Never Been

Returning to Where We Have Never Been

The invitation of Alfredo Gonzalez-Ruibal to venture down an archaeologist’s rabbit hole into a dimension of reverse-engineered history is surely appropriate for the journey he and his colleagues have made both this year and last.   Belchite, a town in the...
Belchite : Franco’s Ghost Town

Belchite : Franco’s Ghost Town

I am travelling to Spain in early September to assist with an archaeological dig featuring a previously undisturbed Spanish Civil War site. Arranged through the International Brigades Memorial Trust of which I have been a member for a number of years, a group of...