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    • a photo of a fireze showing a bachanalian scene
      Article: Preview 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.
      26 April 2013
    • A photo of a glowing amber artefact against a black background
      Article: News 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.
      10 April 2013
    • A photo of a white marble bust of a Roman emperor
      Article: News 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.
      04 April 2013
    • a photo of a calcified dog from Pompeii
      Article: Preview 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.
      28 March 2013
    • A photo of a pile of silver Roman coins
      Article: News "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."
      31 January 2013
    • An image of a Roman-style oil painting of a man with black hair and a tanned face
      Article: News 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.
      18 January 2013
    • A photo of an ancient helmet with a crack in it mottled green and brown by soil
      Article: Feature 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.
      04 December 2012
    • A photo of a huge brown archaeological pit showing various stone-like revelations
      Article: News 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.
      17 August 2012
    • A photo of a group of archaeologists posing side by side on an archaeological site
      Article: News 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.
      13 August 2012
    • A photo of a group of four men in Roman soldier uniforms standing inside a museum
      Article: News 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.
      08 August 2012
    • A photo of a man carrying ancient coins with white gloves while smiling at the lens
      Article: News 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.
      18 July 2012
    • A photo of a young female curator looking a small museum object while wearing gloves
      Article: Feature Notes from the Novium: Star objects from Sussex's newest museum
      As Chichester's new £7 million centre opens one of the finest collections of Roman artefacts in the country, see some star exhibits ranging from fertility dolls to Roman Baths.
      10 July 2012
    • Article: News in Brief Array of treasures thought to be hidden inside Celtic coins mass discovered in Jersey
      Experts investigating the solid mass of 50,000 ancient coins found in a field in Jersey - thought to be one of the largest of its kind ever discovered - have revealed precious gold and silver treasures.
      06 July 2012
    • A photo of a child and an adult dressed in Roman helmets carrying a sign for a new museum
      Article: Preview Roman history as Chichester prepares for The Novium
      A fantastic new three-storey museum with remains of Roman Baths and an enormous ground floor mosaic await visitors to Chichester when a new £7 million museum opens in the Sussex city on Sunday.
      04 July 2012
    • A photo of a mass of green and yellow-coloured Iron Age coins found by archaeologists
      Article: News "Incredible" hoard of 50,000 Iron Age coins, buried in escape from Caesar, found in Jersey
      One of the largest collections of Celtic coins ever found is being examined by experts in Jersey's Parish of Grouville after being reported by a pair of amateur metal detectorists.
      02 July 2012
    • A photo of a skeleton inside a stone and lead coffin with its mouth wide open
      Article: Preview Mice and coffins: Cambridge's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology reopens
      Following a £1.8 million refurbishment, Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology - home to Maori trumpets, Benin bronzes and bricks from Babylon - has reopened to the public in style.
      29 May 2012
    • A photo of a stash of gold coins
      Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Ipswich Museum curator Caroline McDonald's Wickham Market Hoard
      As the hoard of Iron Age coins goes on sneak preview to the public, we find out about Ipswich Museum's plans to save it.
      03 May 2011
    • Article: Interview Yorkshire Museum Transformed In £2 million Letting In The Light Plan
      Culture24 finds out about a major new look for the Yorkshire Museum in York, where walls are being torn down and visitor-inspired galleries and archaeology are on the horizon.
      29 January 2009
    • Article: Trail On the trail of the Romans in Britain - from forts to museums
      Get out and about and explore ruins of Roman Britain where they have stood for centuries with this trail of Roman museums and forts from Carlisle to Chichester.
      25 July 2008
    • Shows a photograph of a statue of Boudicca on her chariot. She is holding a whip and the two horses pulling the chariot are rearing up.
      Article: Trail Battlefield Britain - Boudicca's Rebellion Against The Romans
      As the BBC series Battlefield Britain examined decisive battles on British soil, Culture24 follows in the footsteps of that greatest of rebels, Boudicca.
      30 April 2006
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