Emperors, Conquerors & Saints

time SEP. 15-28, 2024

ticket From $8,990

activity Activity Level: Moderate Activity

diploma UCLA Faculty on Tour

Overview

Istanbul, Kavala, Thessaloniki, Volos, Chios, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Heraklion, Alexandria, Cairo

Swan Hellenic’s Diana

The shores of the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean gave birth to several of the world’s most important civilizations. On this custom-designed voyage from Istanbul to Cairo, we will visit port towns, islands and sites that played a major role in the developments of these civilizations. Led by Professors Douglas Brookes and Robert Gurval, our voyage will begin in Istanbul, the ancient Constantinople that was the seat of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, and continue in the Aegean Sea, where we will explore magnificent places such as Thessaloniki, the biblical Thessalonica; the ancient Macedonian royal tombs in Vergina; the incredible Meteora monasteries; Ephesus, one of the world’s greatest archaeological sites; Rhodes, one of the quintessential Greeks islands, and Crete, the island that was home to Europe’s first civilization, the Minoan civilization. From Crete, we will sail across the Eastern Mediterranean to fabled Egypt, where we will visit storied Alexandria and spend two days in Cairo.

Cost: From $8,990
Thalassa Journeys

Activity Level: Moderate Activity

Book this Tour

STEP 1
Download the tour Reservation Form here. This tour is booked quickly, so sign up early to reserve space.

STEP 2
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STEP 3
Fax 310-209-4271, email travel@alumni.ucla.edu, or mail to:
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UCLA Faculty on Tour

Professor Robert Gurval

Department of Classics

Robert Gurval is Associate Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Department of Classics. His area of research and teaching concerns ancient Rome and the legacy of its empire in popular culture and cinema. Gurval's publications focus on politics, literature and architecture in the age of Rome's first emperor, Caesar Augustus. Cleopatra and her reception in western culture is a special interest. He earned his degrees in Classics at Brown University, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of California, Berkeley. Gurval has taught at UCLA since 1990 where he has served as Chair of the Department of Classics and Chair of the faculty committees on the Honors College, General Education Governance, and Undergraduate Honors, Awards and Prizes. He received the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award known as the Eby Award for the Art of Teaching and the Excellence in Teaching Award for university professors by the Society for Classical Studies. Among his academic honors, he was a Rome Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Rome and a Fulbright Scholar in Hong Kong for General Education.

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