Affiliate Members Tour
Society of Antiquaries of London Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, United KingdomA tour of Burlington House for Affiliate Members
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A tour of Burlington House for Affiliate Members
Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
John Soane famously said that the works in his collection were arranged “as studies for my own mind”, but he never explained what he meant by that phrase. This lecture attempts to illuminate Soane’s collection and his strategy for it through a display midway between a cabinet of curiosities and the post-Enlightenment museum.
Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
Learn about the Ottoman traveller Evliya Çeleb in this joint talk with the Roman and Hellenic societies.
Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
The lecture will discuss the award-winning excavations undertaken by Oxford Archaeology on a large Roman villa at Priors Hall, Corby, exploring some of the most significant archaeological remains encountered from Roman Britain in recent years. With components including manufacturing spaces, mausoleum and elements of the villa proper, the lecture will evaluate the evidence for the site’s human dynamics and social and economic networks in its regional landscape.
Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
Clinical scale targeted excavations by the National Trust aimed to date the Cerne Giant by OSL. The research provided an unexpected Saxon date, land-use history and ominous ‘disappearance’ of the Giant for six centuries, provide the platform for reconsideration and new discussion and debate … including some stunning discoveries.