What's On: Archived
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| 2017-07-23 14:00:00 to 2017-07-23 15:00:0023Jul2017 |
Festival of Archaeology Talks: Francis Pryor 'Stonehenge: The Story of a Sacred Landscape'Sunday, July 23, 2017 - 15:00 to 16:00This talk will be about the people who built Stonehenge and monuments like it right across Britain. Event Details » |
Annual Reports |
| 2017-07-22 09:30:00 to 2017-07-22 10:30:0022Jul2017 |
Festival of Archaeology Talks: Prof Roberta Gilchrist 'Glastonbury Abbey: Archaeology and Legend'Saturday, July 22, 2017 - 10:30 to 11:30This lecture reveals some key findings from archaeological excavations that took place at Glastonbury Abbey from 1904 to 1979. Event Details » |
Annual Reports |
| 2017-07-22 11:00:00 to 2017-07-22 12:00:0022Jul2017 |
Festival of Archaeology Talks: Dr Alex Langlands 'The Lost City of Old Sarum'Saturday, July 22, 2017 - 12:00 to 13:00This lecture examines the evidence for Old Sarum in the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. Event Details » |
Annual Reports |
| 2017-07-22 12:30:00 to 2017-07-22 13:30:0022Jul2017 |
Festival of Archaeology Talks: Chris Wakefield 'Must Farm: Britain's Pompeii'Saturday, July 22, 2017 - 13:30 to 14:30In August 2015 the Cambridge Archaeological Unit began excavation of a Bronze Age Settlement. Event Details » |
Annual Reports |
| 2017-07-21 23:00:00 to 2017-07-22 23:00:0022Jul2017 |
Festival of Archaeology 2017Saturday, July 22, 2017 to Sunday, July 23, 2017Bringing the fascinating and famous to Salisbury, the Festival of Archaeology offers a unique weekend of heritage, archaeology and living history at Salisbury Museum. Event Details » |
Annual Reports |
| 2017-07-22 14:00:00 to 2017-07-22 15:00:0022Jul2017 |
Festival of Archaeology Talks: Peter Ginn and Dr Alex LanglandsSaturday, July 22, 2017 - 15:00 to 16:00Peter and Alex trained together as archaeologists and since then have become familiar faces in television history documentaries, presenting often in a very hands on way. Event Details » |
Annual Reports |
| 2017-07-23 09:30:00 to 2017-07-23 10:30:0023Jul2017 |
Festival of Archaeology Talks: Garry Momber from the Maritime Archaeological TrustSunday, July 23, 2017 - 10:30 to 11:30Director of the Maritime Archaeology Trust, Garry Momber will be introducing us to some of the fascinating projects carried out around Britain’s historic coastline, taking the festival off terra-fi Event Details » |
Annual Reports |
| 2017-07-23 11:00:00 to 2017-07-23 12:00:0023Jul2017 |
Festival of Archaeology Talks: Dr Phil Harding and Lorraine Mepham 'The Lost Gatehouse'Sunday, July 23, 2017 - 12:00 to 13:00A rough sketch from 1799 and an intriguing mark on a geophysical survey have Phil and Lorraine once again digging live for us at the festival. Event Details » |
Annual Reports |
| 2017-07-23 12:30:00 to 2017-07-23 13:30:0023Jul2017 |
Festival of Archaeology Talks: Kate Adie with Richard Osgood 'History Before her Eyes'Sunday, July 23, 2017 - 13:30 to 14:30Archaeologists can spend their careers reconstructing historic moments. Kate Adie’s career has seen numerous dramatic historic moments occur with her own eyes. Event Details » |
Annual Reports |
| 2016-07-22 23:00:0023Jul2016 |
Phil’s DigSaturday, July 23, 2016New this year is a live dig led by well-known archaeologist, Dr Phil Harding, ‘Phil’s Dig’ is a special chance to see archaeology in action. Event Details » |
Volunteer at Salisbury Museum |
| 2016-07-23 09:30:00 to 2016-07-23 10:30:0023Jul2016 |
What’s in a name? Surnames, genetics and family history by Dr Turi KingSaturday, July 23, 2016 - 10:30 to 11:30Family history research has recently been given a helping hand in the form of genetic genealogy. Event Details » |
Volunteer at Salisbury Museum |
| 2016-07-23 11:00:00 to 2016-07-23 12:00:0023Jul2016 |
The Personal Voice: The archaeology of Ancient Egyptian poetry by Prof Richard ParkinsonSaturday, July 23, 2016 - 12:00 to 13:00From chat-up lines to royal tragedies, the poems of the Middle Kingdom display a remarkable range of style and tone, and are characterised by a strikingly personal voice. Event Details » |
Volunteer at Salisbury Museum |
| 2016-07-22 23:00:00 to 2016-07-23 23:00:0023Jul2016 |
Festival of Archaeology ShowgroundSaturday, July 23, 2016 to Sunday, July 24, 2016
The grounds of the museum will be packed with archaeology, living history and heritage stands.
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Volunteer at Salisbury Museum |
| 2016-07-23 15:00:00 to 2016-07-23 16:00:0023Jul2016 |
The Stonehenge hidden landscape project by Prof Vincent GaffneySaturday, July 23, 2016 - 16:00 to 17:00This lecture will reveal some of the many new discoveries made during one of the largest and most detailed geophysical surveys of the landscape around Stonehenge and explain their significance for Event Details » |
Volunteer at Salisbury Museum |
| 2016-07-23 13:30:00 to 2016-07-23 14:30:0023Jul2016 |
Ancient Egyptian history: the rise and fall of a great civilisation by Dr Toby WilkinsonSaturday, July 23, 2016 - 14:30 to 15:30Ancient Egypt was the world's first nation-state and for over 3000 years it sustained a sophisticated culture, distinctive form of government, and a successful economy that made it the envy of its Event Details » |
Volunteer at Salisbury Museum |
| 2016-07-24 10:30:00 to 2016-07-24 11:30:0024Jul2016 |
Mapping Hidden Landscapes: Geophysics in archaeology by Dr Henry ChapmanSunday, July 24, 2016 - 11:30 to 12:30Even without digging, geophysics enables us to see the archaeology beneath the ground surface. Event Details » |
Volunteer at Salisbury Museum |
| 2016-07-24 12:00:00 to 2016-07-24 13:00:0024Jul2016 |
Have you found anything yet? by Dr Phil Harding and Lorraine MephamSunday, July 24, 2016 - 13:00 to 14:00This talk follows up on ‘Phil’s Dig’, the live dig taking place in the festival showground on Saturday 23 July, and will be an anecdotal introduction to how and why digging and finds processing is Event Details » |
Volunteer at Salisbury Museum |
| 2016-07-24 13:30:00 to 2016-07-24 14:30:0024Jul2016 |
Digging the Durotriges by Dr Miles RussellSunday, July 24, 2016 - 14:30 to 15:30Just one week after the wrap up of his excavation, Dr Miles Russell brings us the latest news from the site of a huge Iron Age settlement. Event Details » |
Volunteer at Salisbury Museum |
| 2016-07-24 15:00:00 to 2016-07-24 16:00:0024Jul2016 |
‘Great Excavations’ A panel discussionSunday, July 24, 2016 - 16:00 to 17:00Mike Pitts – Chair, Prof Michael Fulford - Director, Silchester Town Life Project, Steve Wallis – Dorset County Senior Archaeologist, overseeing t Event Details » |
Volunteer at Salisbury Museum |
| 2016-07-23 12:00:00 to 2016-07-23 13:00:0023Jul2016 |
Exhibition Talk for Writing for Eternity: Decoding Ancient Egypt by Dr Ilona RegulskiSaturday, July 23, 2016 - 13:00 to 14:00British Museum Curator, Dr Regulski, will be delivering gallery talks in the Event Details » |
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