Relaunch of Archaeologia
The Society of Antiquaries of London is pleased to announce the relaunch of Archaeologia as an occasional, digital Open Access journal.
Welcome to SAL’s Adventures with Octavius!
From January to April 2023 we will be living vicariously through Octavius Morgan (1803-88), Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and later Tory MP for Monmouthshire, on his travels through the Britain of the 1820s. #AwO
Burlington House Notice
Please note that the Fellows Room will be closed on Wednesday, 12 October between 12.30-2.00 pm.
Fakes, forgeries, and the Society of Antiquaries: Part 3, A Viking gravestone from Kennington
This is the third instalment in a series of blogs that tie in with our new exhibition in the Library at Burlington House, examining several forgeries connected to the Society and its collections. In part 3 of this blog, we’re examining an 18th-century trick to leave an antiquary red-faced!
Fakes, forgeries, and the Society of Antiquaries: Part 2, Richard of Cirencester
This is the second instalment in a series of blogs that tie in with our new exhibition in the Library at Burlington House, examining several forgeries connected to the Society and its collections. In part 2, we take a look at “Richard of Cirencester’s” ‘De Situ Britanniae’ - a forged medieval work that fooled many British scholars for a century.
