Open Friday at the Society
Society of Antiquaries of London Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, United KingdomVisit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
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Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
A tour of Burlington House for Affiliate Members
Recent claims of Caesar’s landing on Thanet are best countered by Caesar’s Commentaries. These illustrate that the Delfs, an earthwork re-utilised in medieval times as an aqueduct for Sandwich is his described sea defence. A lost inlet behind Calais may be the long-sought Portus Itius (?Guines rather than Boulogne).
Hear about the Urban borehole surveys and revised chronology which has major implications for our understanding of early urbanism in central Italy.
Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
Sir John Summerson’s famous book Architecture in Britain 1530-1830, first published in 1953, remained the prime textbook well into the 21st century. Steven Brindle, author of a major new survey, Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830, discusses his predecessor’s great book, alternative ways of considering the subject, and the thinking which underlies his new and very different study.
Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
The monumental cross slab at Forres, Moray, at 6.5m high, displays the most graphic visual record of a Viking military onslaught in Britain. Recent carbon dating places its erection in the later ninth century, and new drawings indicate Viking funeral practice. The Bible, old Welsh and Irish literature provide a narrative to the heroic and grisly feats depicted.
Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.
Recent claims of Caesar’s landing on Thanet are best countered by Caesar’s Commentaries. These illustrate that the Delfs, an earthwork re-utilised in medieval times as an aqueduct for Sandwich is his described sea defence. A lost inlet behind Calais may be the long-sought Portus Itius (?Guines rather than Boulogne).