Romer's roamings, 1st of 3 (15min)

Egyptologist John Romer reminisces about his early years as an archaeological artist in the Middle East in the 1960s. Arriving in Luxor in the days before Egypt was a popular tourist destination, John and his wife Beth were astonished by the sheer scale of the ancient monuments, and the beauty of the artefacts strewn on the desert floor, untouched for millennia.

Aided by his Egyptian assistant, Abdellahi, John slowly began to learn new ways of seeing the ancient past in the ruins which lay before him. But having fallen in love with Ancient Egypt, could he and Beth find a way of staying there, or would they have to return to an academic life back in England?