My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Male
Industry	Government
Occupation	Manager / Archaeologist
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Introduction	I'm an archaeologist, researcher and author - last year I published a book on the archaeological remains of the little known Ghurids of central Afghanistan, which was the topic of my PhD at La Trobe University. So I scribble a fair bit - I hope that some of these musings are of interest / amusing.
Interests	Travel, Middle East / Islamic world, films, photography, data, writing
Favorite movies	The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Manhattan, Plumbum or the dangerous game (Russian), Metropolitan, Manon des sources, Run Lola Run, In Bruges
Favorite music	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, David Bowie, Radiohead, the Waterboys, U2 (earlier stuff), Gerling, Placebo, Muse, Abba, Sheryl Crow, Natalie Merchant, Röyksopp, the Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Gorillaz, Blur, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, the Avalanches, Lemon Jelly, Crystal Castles, the Divine Comedy, Belle & Sebatian, Austra, Rüfüs, Morcheeba, Chemical Brothers
Favorite books	One hundred years of solitude, God of small things, Of angels and insects, The Prophet, Love in the time of Cholera, Animal Farm, An unexpected light, Danziger's travels, In Xanadu, From the Holy Mountain, On the road to Kandahar, the Great war for civilization