Celebrating the release of Enigma, the film based on Robert Harris's novel.  He was there signing autographs, and Simon Singh, author of The Code Book, gave a talk about cryptography.

There were a number of people in costume, and there was even a collection of props from the movie scattered around the grounds, including a realistic-looking submarine conning tower sitting in a car park.

The Roman Palace at Fishbourne, which was just across town from where I lived in Chichester, put on a day where a number of re-enactments took place - pottery and food, fine, but let's face it everyone was there for the battles.  And I just couldn't resist picking up a sword for myself.  My first, but not my last!

See also: Edinburgh, Roger and Eva's Wedding

One of the largest villas found in the UK, and some of the earliest gardens, it was found by someone digging a hole for a new water main.  Now it's a mix of preserved mosaic floors, and recreated gardens.

I also went to the Celtic day there later on.

Leaving Luxor; The Temple of Horus at Edfu; Kitchner's Island (now Aswan Botanical Gardens), with the fine collection of palm trees; and Elephantine Island (resting place of the Ark of the Covenant?).

Visiting the British Museum in 2001, not long after the glass-roofed Great Court opened.