PUBLIC LECTURE Nefertiti: Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt Lecture by Prof Aidan Dodson FSA Nefertiti, wife of the ‘heretic pharaoh’ Akhenaten, lived during the 14th century BC, and has over the past century become one of the most iconic figures of the ancient world, in particular owing to the famous painted bust representing her that […]

Presentation of the Statutory Accounts 2019-20 by our Treasurer Stephen Dunmore FSA   Please note that due to COVID 19 restrictions this event will be not be delivered live but will be uploaded to YouTube following. Attendance in person will not be permitted.   

PUBLIC LECTURE Wee Willie & the King’s Silver Trousers: A Tale of Medieval Arms & Armour from the Society of Antiquaries Library Lecture by Dr Ralph Moffat The Society of Antiquaries of London has in its care a very rare document. Dating from the reign of Edward III, this scrap of parchment contains a wealth […]

PUBLIC LECTURE The Reverend Joseph Hunter, FSA., and the Legend of Robin Hood Lecture by Dr David Crook FSA The legend of Robin Hood, a northern medieval English outlaw living […]

PUBLIC LECTURE The Royal Chapel in the Sixteenth Century: buildings and fittings by Professor Maurice Howard Hon VPSA This lecture is in conjunction with our online Exhibition Henry VIII: Defender […]

ORDINARY MEETING OF FELLOWS EVENING LECTURE Khotan: A neglected Silk Road kingdom by Professor Susan Whitfield In 1900 the archaeologist Aurel Stein (1862-1943) carried out preliminary excavations at sites in the Taklamakan Desert in eastern Central Asia dating to the period of the kingdom of  Khotan (first millennium AD). He was enticed by the possibility […]

ORDINARY MEETING OF FELLOWS LECTURE This event will now take place online only  Join us on 16 December to celebrate the end of the year with our Annual Christmas Miscellany. The meeting will begin with Society business and will be followed by our Christmas Miscellany of papers. Each paper will last 20-25minutes. Miscellany Of Papers […]

An introduction to mudlarking.