A Roman Slave’s Carol As the shortest day of the year drew near, the Romans crossed their fingers for a kind winter and people from all walks of life made a break in their usual routine to honour the harvest…
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Classics Teachers get special access to Ashmolean on “Teaching with Ancient Artefacts” Day
On 22nd November 2014, 38 teachers from around the UK came to Oxford for a one-day course on how to use ancient artefacts in their teaching. The day was organised by the Ashmolean Latin Inscription Project (AshLI), and delivered by…
Getting rid of Geta – a scruffy inscription concealing a dark deed
How Roman Britons kept on the good side of a bad emperor In 1672, a Roman altar was found on the south bank of the River Tyne at South Shields. Measuring over a meter in height, it had images of…
Now you see it, now you don’t: a disappearing text from Roman Chester
Ashmolean ANChandler3.1. Red Sandstone Altar from Chester (H. 0.97, W. 0.45, D. 0.43). AD 154. Looking Blank On display in the Ashmolean’s Ark to Ashmolean gallery stands a red sandstone altar. On three of its sides there are relief…
Classics in Communities
The Latin Inscription Project will be taking part the conference “Classics in Communities” on 30th November at Corpus Christi College in Oxford. We’re pleased to be represented among the other UK institutions, projects and practitioners working to increase the opportunities…
The Latin Inscription Project Goes Live!
A new project to redisplay and re catalogue the Latin Inscriptions at the Ashmolean Museum began in Autumn 2013. Over the next 3 years, the project will focus on making Latin inscriptions accessible to a wide audience, from school children…