About Anne Martin
Since the mid 1970s, producer/host, Anne Martin, has been bringing stories to life through the medium of television. She thrives on tracking down the unusual and her work has encompassed history, geology, heritage and a positive outlook on the world around us. Read more about Anne Martin.
Tag Archives: Romans
Islands of Malta: The Eye of Osiris
Evidence of the Phoenician traders who roamed the Mediterranean is found in the harbours of Malta and in the work of the glass artisans … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged arts, Egypt, fishing boats, galleys, glassblowing, glassmaking, Gozo, Greeks, Islands, language, luzzus, Malta, Marsaxlokk, Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, Middle East, Osiris, Phoenicians, Romans, Rosetta Stone, traders
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Wales: The Ancient Land
This short overview of Wales highlights the magnificent mountains of Snowdonia, the stunning scenery along the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and introduces us to the … Continue reading
England: Cruising the River Thames
London was built on the Thames and this cruise gives a sense of the city that was once capital of the world’s greatest empire. … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys through the British Isles
Tagged Big Ben, Billingsgate Fish Market, Buckingham Palace, Canary Wharf, Christopher Wren, City of London, Cleopatra’s Needle, Cutty Sark, English Channel, Great Fire, Greenwich, HMS Belfast, Houses of Parliament, London, Millennium Bridge, Old Royal Observatory, Romans, Royal Naval College, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Sir Francis Drake, St Paul’s Cathedral, Tate Gallery, Thames, The Golden Hind, The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Vinopolis Wine Museum, West India Docks, Westminster
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Malta – The Island Fortress
The archipelago of Malta lies midway between North Africa and Sicily, a location that gave the islands great strategic importance and resulted in a … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged Africa, Allied operations, American, Arabs, architecture, armour, Australia, baroque, Battle of Allamein, British, Canadian, Clyde, Crusaders, Eye of Osiris, Germans, Ghar Dalam, glass, Gozo, Grand Harbour, Hagar Qim, Halifax, Hypogeum, Italians, Knights of Malta, lace, Lascaris War Rooms, luzzus, Malta, Marsaxlokk, Mdina, medieval, Mediterranean, megalithic temples, New Zealand, Phoenicians, pigmy elephants, pre-historic temple culture, pyramids, Romans, St. John’s Co-Cathedral, tapestries, Texas, Valletta, world war 2
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Journeys through the British Isles: Castles of Kent
The art of warfare and the history of castle building unfold as the region of Kent in England defends itself through the ages from … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys through the British Isles
Tagged 1066, Ann Boleyn, Britain, canons, Castles, Deal, Dover, English Channel, forts, French, gunpowder, Henry 8th, heritage properties, Hever, Igtham Mote, Kent, Leeds, moats., motte and bailey, Norman, Reculver, Richborough, Romans, St. Augustus, Stutfall, Tonbridge, Walmer
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Akko: The Underground Crusader Capital
Eliezer Stern is excited – he’s just discovered the toilets. Any traveller who has been confined to a mini-van for two hours knows the … Continue reading
Posted in Destinations
Tagged Acre, Akko, Arabs, archaeology, Austrian, Bahaullah, Baha’i Centre, bazaar, British, Christianity, Convent, coppersmith, Crusader Capital, Egyptians, Exodus, Haifa, iconography, Israel, Jerusalem, Knights Hospitallers, Mamelukes, Mediterranean, Monastery, Mosque, Muslims, nargilla, Old Acre Development Company, Order of St. John, Ottomans, Phoenicians, Pisan Quarter, Richard the Lionheart, Romans, spices, Synagogue, Syria, toilets, Turkish, Turkish coffee, Underground Crusader City, UNESCO
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