Focus on Archaeology

March 2013 issue | Appears on page 60

Abbeys of County Mayo
By Julie Skurdenis
Ballintubber Abbey and its cloister. Photos: Skurdenis
Exploring ruined abbeys of County Mayo (2 of 2 on Ireland)
February 2013 issue | Appears on page 60

Antiquities in our backyard — Dingle Peninsula
By Julie Skurdenis
The entrance to the Dunbeg promontory fortress — Dingle Peninsula. Photos: Skurd
From the prehistoric to the present on the Dingle Peninsula (1 of 2 on Ireland).
December 2012 issue | Appears on page 61

Palaces of Sintra
By Julie Skurdenis
Façade of the Tivoli Palácio de Seteais in Sintra.
A look at three royal palaces in Sintra (2 of 2 
on Portugal)
November 2012 issue | Appears on page 59

Of love and war — two Portuguese monasteries

By Julie Skurdenis
Two remarkable monasteries: Alcobaça and Batalha (1 of 2 on Portugal)
October 2012 issue | Appears on page 58

Bergen: Hanseatic city
By Julie Skurdenis
The view of the Bryggen from our room at the Clarion Admiral Hotel — Bergen.
The Bryggen of Bergen — Norway’s Hanseatic 
legacy
August 2012 issue | Appears on page 63

Aborigines of Sydney
By Julie Skurdenis
An Aboriginal painting in the Australian Museum — Sydney. Photo: Skurdenis
Finding examples of Australia’s Aboriginal 
culture in Sydney’s museums, galleries and public gardens
July 2012 issue | Appears on page 62

Berlin’s Ethnological Museum ‘discovered’
By Julie Skurdenis
The painted Seler Lienzo II cloth from Mexico (c. 1600).
Ancient treasures amassed in Berlin, Germany’s, Ethnological Museum
June 2012 issue | Appears on page 60

La Candelaria, the heart of Bogotá
By Julie Skurdenis
Sauntering down a street in Bogotá’s La Candelaria neighborhood.
A stroll through La Candelaria, one of Bogotá, Colombia’s, oldest neighborhoods