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Widely considered one of the most striking pieces of Roman pottery ever discovered ... Taylor donated the vessel to ...
Colchester Council is calling to halt plans for a 112-mile pylon corridor after a Roman artefact was found in Fordham.
For hundreds of years, bloodthirsty spectators would gather across the Roman Empire to watch ... The exhibition - a British Museum Partnership Exhibition with Colchester and Ipswich Museums ...
First major city in Roman Britain. Former capital of Britain ... The castle building is used as a museum. Image: Colchester Museums As we've established, a rich seam of history runs through ...
Some of the most impressive of the town's Roman treasures will be on display when Colchester Castle, home to the town's museum, reopens next month after a £4.2m refurbishment. Among them will be ...
Today, it houses the Colchester Castle Museum, where visitors can see medieval jail cells and Roman artefacts. But Colchester played a massive role in English history beyond the Roman era.
A Roman colony helped secure the region ... the www.visitcolchester.com site has an excellent list, while the award-winning Colchester Castle Museum (adults £11.25) is an unmissable stop-off point for ...
Scientific tests on the clay used to make the vessel have uncovered links with the DNA of other similar artifacts discovered in Colchester, which, under Roman occupation, was known as Camulodunum.
The topics of display within the museum exhibition halls are varied, covering historical areas of the history of ancient Egypt in general and Alexandria in particular. The Greco-Roman Museum ...
COLCHESTER'S Roman history will soon get a new lease of life through a hi-tech virtual reality experience. Plans have been approved by Colchester Council to establish advanced 5G technology at ...
A new analysis of the famous Colchester vase indicates that gladiators fought in Roman Britain during the second century A.D. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
August marks 15 years since the old Log Schoolhouse in Colchester opened to the public as a museum and visitor center. The sights and sounds of history are alive and well in Colchester’s Airport ...