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Experimental Roman Minting: Casting Silver-Copper Alloys into a Bronze Mould

Author(s)
Nicola George 1 ✉
Publication Date
#EAC12 World Tour 2021
***This paper provides the details of a Roman minting experiment, which used a bronze mould to cast debased silver blanks typical of the third century A.D. The investigation follows the paper ''Experiments reproducing Roman debased alloys" (George, 2020) which studied the manufacturing methods used...

Bone Processing

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  • Germany

Bones, legs, horns, antlers and teeth - it's wonderful what you can use from animals. When there was no plastic, for example, combs and buttons were made from antlers and were accordingly expensive.

Horn is elastic and becomes soft when heated - not only bow ends are made from it, but all kinds of everyday devices.

The Gladiator Myth - the Stars of Antiquity during the Roman Days

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Organised by
Roman Villa Borg

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  • Germany

An exciting highlight for visitors to the Roman Days in Villa Borg: gladiators first give an insight into ancient tactics and technology. They show the difference between a show and a real fight - between "Hollywood" and reality. After their presentations, brave visitors can join in and take part in the trai

Roman Week

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  • the Netherlands

During the Roman week there are a number of activities in Archeon.

Get amazed during the spectacular gladiator show, be part of the sacred temple ceremony of Nehalennia, and experience the Roman bathhouse rituals.

The Past Has a Future! 2021

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Organised by
Department of Archaeology University of Warsaw

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  • Poland

We would like to invite you to participate in the 2nd Conference of the Faculty of Archaeology ‘PrzeszÅ‚ość ma przyszÅ‚ość!/ The Past Has a Future!’, which will take place, in a hybrid format at the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw (Poland) and online on March 22-26th, 2021

Alternative Reconstruction of a First Century AD Roman Cavalry Saddle

Author(s)
Moira Watson 1 ✉
Publication Date
The reconstruction of a First Century AD Roman cavalry saddle has not been investigated since Peter Connolly introduced his ideas of a wooden tree saddle in 1984, based on the evidence and dimensions provided by archaeological finds of leather saddle covers and bronze saddle horn reinforcers. This alternative reconstruction, not using wood, was designed to...

La Nuit Antique

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  • Switzerland

La Nuit Antique is a free general public event taking place in Geneva, dedicated to the transmission of Antiquity through interactive activities and live shows.