Unlocked Rome
Explore Rome, Italy and the Empire with archaeologist and TV host, Darius Arya
Unlocked Rome
Explore Rome, Italy and the Empire with archaeologist and TV host, Darius Arya
Darius Arya
Darius Arya really loves history and has dedicated his life to studying and learning about antiquity. He is an archaeologist, public historian, and TV host based in Rome, Italy who travels around the Roman Empire and the globe in search of amazing history and adventures. And he gets dirty, whether in the classroom or on site in heritage preservation.


VESUVIAN CITIES
Join Darius and Ancient Rome Live to explore the Vesuvian Cities. Come to Naples and dive into 1st century. Explore daily life in Pompeii, Ercolano, and Oplontis and go full immersion in the last days of AD 79. MARCH 2024.

Building An Empire
Five days of full Rome immersion. Join Darius and Ancient Rome Live to explore the architecture and engineering of Ancient Rome. Discover the Eternal City through its most iconic monuments and lesser known sites, while experiencing the many layers of its urban development. MAY 2024.

Building An Empire
Five days of full Rome immersion. Join Darius and Ancient Rome Live to explore the architecture and engineering of Ancient Rome. Discover the Eternal City through its most iconic monuments and lesser known sites, while experiencing the many layers of its urban development. MAY 2024.
A real-life Indiana Jones
Darius has excavated in Rome, slept with ancient statues at Villa delle Vignacce and traversed the Eternal City’s 2800-year-old cloaca maxima. He’s scaled ancient quarries in Tunisia, explored Jordan’s prehistoric rocks, visited Greek oracles and even over-nighted in a tomb in Egypt.
Bespoke Experiences
Interested in those not-quite-familiar sites of Rome and its Empire? Want to get lost in the history and culture of Sicily? Looking to walk through history in Cairo, trace Percy Jackson’s inspiration in Greece, fight for the Iron Throne in Croatia, get lost in time in Petra, Jordan, explore the wonders of Istanbul and Turkey? Let’s set up a 30-minute call where you share with us where you would like to go and what you would like to see.

choose your own adventure
Destinations include Rome, Sicily, Italy, Dubrovnik, Split and GoT Croatia, Athens and all over Greece, Istanbul, Smyrna, Pergamon, Turkey, Petri, Wadi Rum, Jordan, Cairo, Luxor, Philae, Egypt, Tunis, Tunisia, Marrakech, Volubilis, Morocco and more!