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.
Revealing York Minster tells 2,000-year story of a city
From mosaics and mints found beneath the cathedral to the remains of Roman barracks, Viking horns and unseen Gospels, a new exhibition in York spans 2,000 years.
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum at the British Museum: Why is it so popular?
Ruth Hazard manages to get herself into the British Museum's hugely popular blockbuster Pompeii exhibition to find out exactly what all the fuss is about.
10,000 Temple of Mithras discoveries draw comparisons with Pompeii in Roman London
Experts from Museum of London Archaeology say thousands of "beautifully preserved" remains in London could transform our understanding of Roman Britain.
Roman Emperor Caracalla returns to Chester in Grosvenor Museum bust
A pugnacious marble sculpture of a would-be Scottish invader, based on a version held at the Museo Archaeologico in Naples, has gone on display in Chester.
Culture24/7: Tom Daley, Dorothy Wordsworth and the Prince of Wales make History
There are Secrets of the Royal Bedchambers and Olympic flashbacks in London. It's also Beamish's birthday, and Arbeia Fort and Museum, in South Shields, is back open.
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum opens at the British Museum in London
Focusing on the everyday and domestic rather than gladiators and emperors, the British Museum's new show calls upon ghosts preserved by volcanic carbonisation.
Great North Museum celebrates 200 years of Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Celebrating 200 years of collecting and caring for the heritage of the north-east, a new exhibition takes a look at the work of Newcastle's Society of Antiquaries.
"When it started beeping I thought, 'sod it'" - Wealden Hoard to go on show in Bexhill
A metal detectorist says finding a hoard of 3rd century silver coins which are about to go on show in Sussex was "like a dream."
Artist uses police techniques to recreate man at National Roman Legion Museum
Artist Penny Hill has used Roman painting techniques to depict the possible face of a 40-year-old man from 200 AD found buried in Newport.
In his own Words: Andrew Richardson on finding a Roman helmet in a Kent field
The Finds Manager for the Canterbury Archaeological Trust recalls the phonecall which led to the excavation of a Prehistoric helmet from a field in Kent.
Jersey Museum summons Hidden Treasures as 52,000 Celtic coins from Grouville go on show
The public will be given a fleeting glimpse of Grouville gold when an enormous hoard of Celtic coins goes on show for three days only at Jersey Museum.
Three generations of Roman graves found alongside "miraculous" textiles at Maryport
One of the biggest archaeological digs of the year, at Maryport along Hadrian's Wall, reveals graves, bone shards, tooth enamel, bead necklaces and more in Cumbria.
Time Team experts left lost for superlatives after secret dig at Norfolk's Branodunum fort
The first dig since the 1930s at Branodunum, a fort near Brancaster on the north Norfolk coast, will result in television revelations about Roman communities next year.
Story of mystery Roman "time capsule" burial goes on show at Corbridge Roman Town
A "stunningly-preserved" wooden chest full of the earthly possessions of a Roman soldier, found in Corbridge decades ago, goes on show along with unseen footage from the dig.
Coins cast continental clues as Harborough Museum shows Peatling Magna hoard to public
Coins from the Roman occupation of France and the Low Countries 2,000 years ago, found in a Leicestershire village in 2010, have gone on display at the Harborough Museum.
