Roman
Explore the history of Roman Britain with exhibitions, events, features, news and web resources gathered from hundreds of museums, archives and historic sites across the UK.
Museum of London vaults win Guinness World Record for archaeological collections
The teeth, toenails, turtle shells, whale bones and Maori war clubs among the Museum of London's five million archaeological finds are pronounced the finest in the world.
£537,000 funding boost for conservation project at Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site
The SITA trust gives the site a substanistial grant to help conserve parts of the Wall that have fallen on to the Heritage at Risk register because of their state of disrepair.
Roman Baths commemorated in Royal Mail's A-Z of Great Britain stamp collection
The Roman Baths become the only Roman monument to feature in the 26-stamp alphabetical odyssey of the UK, celebrating iconic landmarks across Britain.
Housesteads Roman Fort opens new museum as part of major redevelopment project
English Heritage has enlisted the help of Lord of the Rings star, Bernard Hill, to narrate a film for their brand new museum which explores Roman life in Northumberland.
The Museum of London gets set to launch Our Londinium 2012 in new Roman gallery
The Museum's youth panel has curated a new multimedia display that looks at how life during the Roman era compares with the modern day experience of the capital.
Red House Museum in Christchurch to host Forgotten Roman Emperor and Together shows
Screens tell the dastardly stories of late 3rd century Roman Britain, accompanied by works from an award-winning local wood sculpture and ethereal painting duo.
British Museum experts show off 2,000-year-old silver Roman Hallaton Helmet
Ten years after it was discovered alongside hundreds of Roman coins and the feast of a pig at the Leicestershire home of one of the most important Iron Age archaeological sites in Britain, a......
Amateur archaeologists discover 7th century building within Yorkshire Dales National Park
Radiocarbon tests have revealed that a two-room stone building discovered in the Ribblesdale area dates from the historically mysterious "Dark Ages".
In her own Words: Project Manager Carrie Blogg on the new Museum of Somerset
In the aftermath of the opening of the Taunton Castle centre, we get the inside track on why Somerset's £6.9 million attraction is one of the best new museums in the UK.
Frome Hoard finds new home at the centre of new Somerset Museum
The Frome Hoard of Roman coins has gone on display as the centrepiece of the new Somerset Museum.
Curator's Choice: Professor David Gaimster on slabs of Iron Age Scotland at Glasgow's Hunterian
The Director of The Hunterian in Glasgow introduces part of The Antonine Wall and explains why the collections hold all the power in the museum's new gallery devoted to the ancient Roman monument.
New gallery The Antonine Wall: Rome's Final Frontier stars in reopened Hunterian Museum
Pictures and tales of destruction from Iron Age destruction as the Glasgow museum reopens to reveal a central Roman gallery following a two-year closure.
Chichester to light up as three-year project to restore historic Roman walls ends
A weekend of celebrations will light up the bolstered borders of historic Chichester following a major project to strengthen and repair the 1.5-metre stretch of city walls.
Experts called in to date mystery find as Yorkshire Museum bags £35,000 sapphire ring
A "spectacular" ring displaying the skill of the earliest craftspeople in Britain and worn by a King from a mystery period will go on show at Yorkshire Museum.
Colchester's revamped firstsite gallery fuses art with Roman heritage for September opening
Colchester’s newly revamped £22 million art gallery, firstsite, will be drawing on the former Roman town’s famous Romano-British heritage for its inaugural exhibition when it opens in September......
