On Saturday September 9th, participants will learn pottery in the Roman Villa Borg from the master ceramist Lyn Riccardo in a course in construction technique. Already in Roman times there were pottery kilns for the production of everyday ceramics. In addition to vessels, roof tiles were also made in such potteries.
There are two sessions:
Two lectures will be held on Tuesday 22 August at 6 pm in the Salle du Conseil Communal in Vevey, Switzerland.
I studied philosophical anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania.
Discover what it was like to be an ancient Roman school child with immersive hands on activities in our Roman villa
Activities free with your admission! Normal entrance prices apply.
It is our pleasure to invite you to the 11th scientific conference Methodology and Archaeometry which will take place on the 7th and 8th of December 2023 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Get to know two important handicraft techniques of antiquity and test your own skills: two potters and the bone carver demonstrate their craft and invite you to join in.
This year, the Open Monuments Weekend is entirely devoted to the Caesar festivities. The festivals that are only organized once every 25 years, in Velzeke! They go back to the origins of Belgium. Historical figures were - literally and figuratively - placed on a pedestal. In 1873 Velzeke unpacks with a suit of armor in honor of Julius Caesar.
The Programme Committee of the International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology welcomes submissions of papers and posters for the ISBSA 17, organized as a collaborative effort of the University L’Orientale of Naples, ISMEO-The International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies and the National Superintendency for the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
During the Roman period, small metal screw threads were used both as fastenings and to impart motion (Burstall, 1970, p.77; Singer, et al., 1972, pp.631–632). Screw threads as fastenings can be seen in some jewellery and screw threads to impart motion can be seen in olive presses. These screw threads could have either a square or V-shaped profile.
Lectures and workshops of the Summer School explore the main core themes:
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