The Institute of Classical Studies
@ics.bsky.social
The Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) in the School of Advanced Study. Promoting and supporting research into all aspects of Greek and Roman antiquity and beyond.
ICS Ancient History Seminars are back for Spring Term
On Tuesday 22 Jan at 5pm, please join Kate Cooper RHUL who will discuss: The Donatist Controversy and the Revolt of Firmus
Full details and link to register: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
On Tuesday 22 Jan at 5pm, please join Kate Cooper RHUL who will discuss: The Donatist Controversy and the Revolt of Firmus
Full details and link to register: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Donatist Controversy and the Revolt of Firmus
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January 16, 2026 at 10:39 AM
ICS Ancient History Seminars are back for Spring Term
On Tuesday 22 Jan at 5pm, please join Kate Cooper RHUL who will discuss: The Donatist Controversy and the Revolt of Firmus
Full details and link to register: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
On Tuesday 22 Jan at 5pm, please join Kate Cooper RHUL who will discuss: The Donatist Controversy and the Revolt of Firmus
Full details and link to register: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Sunoikisis Digital Classics Seminars return for Spring Term.
On Thursday 22 Jan at 4pm, join Anne Chen (Bard College), Sebastian Heath (New York University), Emily Helm (Yale University) to discuss Collaborative Cultural Heritage Geodata.
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
On Thursday 22 Jan at 4pm, join Anne Chen (Bard College), Sebastian Heath (New York University), Emily Helm (Yale University) to discuss Collaborative Cultural Heritage Geodata.
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Sunoikisis Digital Classics: Collaborative Cultural Heritage Geodata
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January 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Sunoikisis Digital Classics Seminars return for Spring Term.
On Thursday 22 Jan at 4pm, join Anne Chen (Bard College), Sebastian Heath (New York University), Emily Helm (Yale University) to discuss Collaborative Cultural Heritage Geodata.
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
On Thursday 22 Jan at 4pm, join Anne Chen (Bard College), Sebastian Heath (New York University), Emily Helm (Yale University) to discuss Collaborative Cultural Heritage Geodata.
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Join the ICS in collaboration with the British School at Rome for an upcoming event:
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 January
6-8pm
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 January
6-8pm
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
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January 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Join the ICS in collaboration with the British School at Rome for an upcoming event:
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 January
6-8pm
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 January
6-8pm
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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There are still places on our 2 day writing course for PhD students . This in-person trainingwill help you with your writing skills and craft with a particular emphasis on style and structure www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Short Writing Course for PhD Students
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January 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
There are still places on our 2 day writing course for PhD students . This in-person trainingwill help you with your writing skills and craft with a particular emphasis on style and structure www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Using cutting edge scientific equipment, the team will test the metallic make up of Rome’s earliest cast coinage, aes grave. By better understanding the composition of these coins the team will question the origins of Roman money and what this means for the evolution of economic systems.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Using cutting edge scientific equipment, the team will test the metallic make up of Rome’s earliest cast coinage, aes grave. By better understanding the composition of these coins the team will question the origins of Roman money and what this means for the evolution of economic systems.
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T.B.L. Webster Fellow, Liv Yarrow, and research team have been awarded ISIS Neutron & Muon Source Beamtime by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. This exciting project demonstrates how combining science and humanities can offer new insights into the past: shorturl.at/9d6JR
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January 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
T.B.L. Webster Fellow, Liv Yarrow, and research team have been awarded ISIS Neutron & Muon Source Beamtime by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. This exciting project demonstrates how combining science and humanities can offer new insights into the past: shorturl.at/9d6JR
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Five books by ICS Founder T.B.L. Webster have recently been reissued by Routledge. Available for purchase and in the Combined Library:
- Hellenistic Poetry and Art
- Greek Theatre Production
- An Introduction to Sophocles
- Potter and Patron in Classical Athens
- The Greek Chorus
- Hellenistic Poetry and Art
- Greek Theatre Production
- An Introduction to Sophocles
- Potter and Patron in Classical Athens
- The Greek Chorus
January 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Five books by ICS Founder T.B.L. Webster have recently been reissued by Routledge. Available for purchase and in the Combined Library:
- Hellenistic Poetry and Art
- Greek Theatre Production
- An Introduction to Sophocles
- Potter and Patron in Classical Athens
- The Greek Chorus
- Hellenistic Poetry and Art
- Greek Theatre Production
- An Introduction to Sophocles
- Potter and Patron in Classical Athens
- The Greek Chorus
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We wanted to create something to upskill & develop capabilities for careers in and beyond the museum sector.
Topics include: registration & cataloguing; curation & display; the purpose of the modern museum; science & conservation; communication & research. All in the context of #Greece and #Rome /3
Topics include: registration & cataloguing; curation & display; the purpose of the modern museum; science & conservation; communication & research. All in the context of #Greece and #Rome /3
January 13, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Today we started teaching the first ever co-designed and taught joint MA module between the University of London (ICS/KCL) and British Museum (Greece & Rome)!
The module provides hands-on experience in a real-world #museum environment, with half the classes taught behind the scenes at the BM.
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The module provides hands-on experience in a real-world #museum environment, with half the classes taught behind the scenes at the BM.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Today we started teaching the first ever co-designed and taught joint MA module between the University of London (ICS/KCL) and British Museum (Greece & Rome)!
The module provides hands-on experience in a real-world #museum environment, with half the classes taught behind the scenes at the BM.
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The module provides hands-on experience in a real-world #museum environment, with half the classes taught behind the scenes at the BM.
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New exhibition on display in the ICS Lobby, Senate House:
Books, photographs & the Hellenic Society: 100 years of the Walter Leaf donation
The exhibition showcases forgotten scholar, Walter Leaf's donation to the Hellenic Society of books and pamphlets of Homerica, and his work as a Classicist.
Books, photographs & the Hellenic Society: 100 years of the Walter Leaf donation
The exhibition showcases forgotten scholar, Walter Leaf's donation to the Hellenic Society of books and pamphlets of Homerica, and his work as a Classicist.
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
New exhibition on display in the ICS Lobby, Senate House:
Books, photographs & the Hellenic Society: 100 years of the Walter Leaf donation
The exhibition showcases forgotten scholar, Walter Leaf's donation to the Hellenic Society of books and pamphlets of Homerica, and his work as a Classicist.
Books, photographs & the Hellenic Society: 100 years of the Walter Leaf donation
The exhibition showcases forgotten scholar, Walter Leaf's donation to the Hellenic Society of books and pamphlets of Homerica, and his work as a Classicist.
How does one actually go about getting their research published in a journal? Which journal is the best fit for your research? Join the ICS' upcoming Researcher Training Event:
Publishing your research in Classics and Archaeology journals
Weds 21 Jan, 3-5pm
Online via zoom
shorturl.at/pSUmn
Publishing your research in Classics and Archaeology journals
Weds 21 Jan, 3-5pm
Online via zoom
shorturl.at/pSUmn
Publishing your research in Classics and Archaeology journals
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January 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
How does one actually go about getting their research published in a journal? Which journal is the best fit for your research? Join the ICS' upcoming Researcher Training Event:
Publishing your research in Classics and Archaeology journals
Weds 21 Jan, 3-5pm
Online via zoom
shorturl.at/pSUmn
Publishing your research in Classics and Archaeology journals
Weds 21 Jan, 3-5pm
Online via zoom
shorturl.at/pSUmn
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Call for Proposals!🔔 We're pleased to announce the CFP for the 2026 Annual Event (15-16 June, University of Southampton). Theme: Sustainability digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026-annual-...
Info session 16 Dec
Abstract submission by 30 Jan
EOI for peer review by 2 Feb
Notification of acceptance 16 Mar
Info session 16 Dec
Abstract submission by 30 Jan
EOI for peer review by 2 Feb
Notification of acceptance 16 Mar
2026 Call for Proposals | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association
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December 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Call for Proposals!🔔 We're pleased to announce the CFP for the 2026 Annual Event (15-16 June, University of Southampton). Theme: Sustainability digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026-annual-...
Info session 16 Dec
Abstract submission by 30 Jan
EOI for peer review by 2 Feb
Notification of acceptance 16 Mar
Info session 16 Dec
Abstract submission by 30 Jan
EOI for peer review by 2 Feb
Notification of acceptance 16 Mar
Archaeology Seminars re-start on Wednesday 14 Jan at 5pm.
Join Dr Ivana Ožanić – Roguljić (Institute of Archaeology Zagreb) who will speak about:
The Integrated Table: Reconstructing Ancient Foodways from the Adriatic to the Danube
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Join Dr Ivana Ožanić – Roguljić (Institute of Archaeology Zagreb) who will speak about:
The Integrated Table: Reconstructing Ancient Foodways from the Adriatic to the Danube
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Archaeology Seminars re-start on Wednesday 14 Jan at 5pm.
Join Dr Ivana Ožanić – Roguljić (Institute of Archaeology Zagreb) who will speak about:
The Integrated Table: Reconstructing Ancient Foodways from the Adriatic to the Danube
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Join Dr Ivana Ožanić – Roguljić (Institute of Archaeology Zagreb) who will speak about:
The Integrated Table: Reconstructing Ancient Foodways from the Adriatic to the Danube
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Dept of Greece & Rome, the ICS, & the Institute of English Studies are hosting:
Poetry and the British Museum— A New Era
Wed 25 Feb, 7-9pm
Bringing together 10 internationally renowned poets for a live reading inspired by the Museum’s historic spaces and its collections: shorturl.at/kAFZu
Poetry and the British Museum— A New Era
Wed 25 Feb, 7-9pm
Bringing together 10 internationally renowned poets for a live reading inspired by the Museum’s historic spaces and its collections: shorturl.at/kAFZu
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The Dept of Greece & Rome, the ICS, & the Institute of English Studies are hosting:
Poetry and the British Museum— A New Era
Wed 25 Feb, 7-9pm
Bringing together 10 internationally renowned poets for a live reading inspired by the Museum’s historic spaces and its collections: shorturl.at/kAFZu
Poetry and the British Museum— A New Era
Wed 25 Feb, 7-9pm
Bringing together 10 internationally renowned poets for a live reading inspired by the Museum’s historic spaces and its collections: shorturl.at/kAFZu
Final days to apply: The Institute of Classical Studies is now recruiting for an open-ended lectureship in Classical Studies in support of its national mission.
Full details here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Deadline 15 January
Full details here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Deadline 15 January
www.jobs.london.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Final days to apply: The Institute of Classical Studies is now recruiting for an open-ended lectureship in Classical Studies in support of its national mission.
Full details here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Deadline 15 January
Full details here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Deadline 15 January
Applications now open: The Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies (2026)
An annual award of up to £4,000 to a junior scholar for research into Mycenaean studies or kindred subjects including: Linear B; Bronze Age of the Aegean and Cyprus.
Full details here: shorturl.at/INHMr
Deadline 1 Feb 26
An annual award of up to £4,000 to a junior scholar for research into Mycenaean studies or kindred subjects including: Linear B; Bronze Age of the Aegean and Cyprus.
Full details here: shorturl.at/INHMr
Deadline 1 Feb 26
The Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies (2026)
Annual £3,000 award supporting research in Mycenaean studies for early-career scholars who have completed their doctorate within the past eight years.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Applications now open: The Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies (2026)
An annual award of up to £4,000 to a junior scholar for research into Mycenaean studies or kindred subjects including: Linear B; Bronze Age of the Aegean and Cyprus.
Full details here: shorturl.at/INHMr
Deadline 1 Feb 26
An annual award of up to £4,000 to a junior scholar for research into Mycenaean studies or kindred subjects including: Linear B; Bronze Age of the Aegean and Cyprus.
Full details here: shorturl.at/INHMr
Deadline 1 Feb 26
Reminder to register now for this upcoming event:
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 Jan, 6pm
@bsrome.bsky.social
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 Jan, 6pm
@bsrome.bsky.social
Join the ICS in collaboration with the British School at Rome for an upcoming event:
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 January
6-8pm
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 January
6-8pm
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
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January 7, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Reminder to register now for this upcoming event:
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 Jan, 6pm
@bsrome.bsky.social
Myth, History and Archaeology: Peter Wiseman in conversation with Christopher Smith and Liv Yarrow
Monday 19 Jan, 6pm
@bsrome.bsky.social
Exploring past impact and future potential of the British Museum’s collections from the ancient Med, and the ways in which these have influenced (for better or worse) modern constructions of Mediterranean antiquity, across artistic, literary & intellectual forms of engagement: shorturl.at/pyynF
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The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum - Past and Futures
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January 7, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Exploring past impact and future potential of the British Museum’s collections from the ancient Med, and the ways in which these have influenced (for better or worse) modern constructions of Mediterranean antiquity, across artistic, literary & intellectual forms of engagement: shorturl.at/pyynF
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Registration now open:
The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum - Past and Futures
Weds 25 - Fri 27 February
In person at Senate House
Full details here: shorturl.at/pyynF
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The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum - Past and Futures
Weds 25 - Fri 27 February
In person at Senate House
Full details here: shorturl.at/pyynF
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The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum - Past and Futures
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January 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Registration now open:
The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum - Past and Futures
Weds 25 - Fri 27 February
In person at Senate House
Full details here: shorturl.at/pyynF
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The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum - Past and Futures
Weds 25 - Fri 27 February
In person at Senate House
Full details here: shorturl.at/pyynF
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Ancient Philosophy Seminars return for Spring Term
Kicking off on Monday 12 January, 2pm
Alex Long (St. Andrews) will discuss
The City-Cosmos Contrast in Plato’s Timaeus and Critias
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Kicking off on Monday 12 January, 2pm
Alex Long (St. Andrews) will discuss
The City-Cosmos Contrast in Plato’s Timaeus and Critias
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The City-Cosmos Contrast in Plato’s Timaeus and Critias
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January 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Ancient Philosophy Seminars return for Spring Term
Kicking off on Monday 12 January, 2pm
Alex Long (St. Andrews) will discuss
The City-Cosmos Contrast in Plato’s Timaeus and Critias
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Kicking off on Monday 12 January, 2pm
Alex Long (St. Andrews) will discuss
The City-Cosmos Contrast in Plato’s Timaeus and Critias
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Practitioners in Residence make creative connections between research, teaching & other knowledge resources within SAS & domains of practice outside higher ed. Josephine discusses how these artist-academic partnerships can lead to ‘unexpected magic’: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/artist-...
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Artist-academic collaborations can lead to ‘unexpected magic’
Joint projects require academics to ‘show up and feel a bit uncomfortable’, argues theatre maker who is taking up a new position at the University of London
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Practitioners in Residence make creative connections between research, teaching & other knowledge resources within SAS & domains of practice outside higher ed. Josephine discusses how these artist-academic partnerships can lead to ‘unexpected magic’: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/artist-...
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Josephine will develop Songs of Solidarity, an international music-theatre project, with director Maria Åberg, composer Marouf Majidi, & 5 acclaimed migrant writers. The project will weave together ancient narrative forms with contemporary stories of displacement to create a new collective epic.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Josephine will develop Songs of Solidarity, an international music-theatre project, with director Maria Åberg, composer Marouf Majidi, & 5 acclaimed migrant writers. The project will weave together ancient narrative forms with contemporary stories of displacement to create a new collective epic.
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The ICS is delighted to welcome Josephine Burton as Practitioner in Residence: shorturl.at/9iKGo
Josephine is a theatre director, playwright, dramaturg, and Artistic Director of Dash Arts, which she co-founded to create award-winning, cross-artform work connecting audiences with global stories
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Josephine is a theatre director, playwright, dramaturg, and Artistic Director of Dash Arts, which she co-founded to create award-winning, cross-artform work connecting audiences with global stories
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January 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The ICS is delighted to welcome Josephine Burton as Practitioner in Residence: shorturl.at/9iKGo
Josephine is a theatre director, playwright, dramaturg, and Artistic Director of Dash Arts, which she co-founded to create award-winning, cross-artform work connecting audiences with global stories
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Josephine is a theatre director, playwright, dramaturg, and Artistic Director of Dash Arts, which she co-founded to create award-winning, cross-artform work connecting audiences with global stories
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🚨PUBLISHED🚨 The #Archaeology of #Olive #Oil Production in #Roman & pre-Roman #Italy 🫒
READ: doi.org/10.1086/737823
➡️Good data for Neolithic & BA olive exploitation & cultivation
➡️Possible earliest rotary olive crusher in the Med (7th c. BCE)
➡️Roman era oil prod widely & larger-scale across Italy
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READ: doi.org/10.1086/737823
➡️Good data for Neolithic & BA olive exploitation & cultivation
➡️Possible earliest rotary olive crusher in the Med (7th c. BCE)
➡️Roman era oil prod widely & larger-scale across Italy
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December 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🚨PUBLISHED🚨 The #Archaeology of #Olive #Oil Production in #Roman & pre-Roman #Italy 🫒
READ: doi.org/10.1086/737823
➡️Good data for Neolithic & BA olive exploitation & cultivation
➡️Possible earliest rotary olive crusher in the Med (7th c. BCE)
➡️Roman era oil prod widely & larger-scale across Italy
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READ: doi.org/10.1086/737823
➡️Good data for Neolithic & BA olive exploitation & cultivation
➡️Possible earliest rotary olive crusher in the Med (7th c. BCE)
➡️Roman era oil prod widely & larger-scale across Italy
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"Durham University archaeologists have been working with partners in the Lake District to bring the Roman heritage of the region to life"
Dr Eleri Cousins writes about partnering with The Armitt Museum & Library and the National Trust to launch a digital walking trail: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Dr Eleri Cousins writes about partnering with The Armitt Museum & Library and the National Trust to launch a digital walking trail: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
January 5, 2026 at 8:45 AM
"Durham University archaeologists have been working with partners in the Lake District to bring the Roman heritage of the region to life"
Dr Eleri Cousins writes about partnering with The Armitt Museum & Library and the National Trust to launch a digital walking trail: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Dr Eleri Cousins writes about partnering with The Armitt Museum & Library and the National Trust to launch a digital walking trail: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...