The latest online talk hosted by the KAS, with Stephen Clifton of Maidstone Area Archaeological Group, (MAAG).

Isabelle Diggle, Finds Liaison Officer for Kent, discussing the county’s first significance case of Treasure. This is a Roman copper-alloy foot shaped oil lamp, the first of its kind in Britain.

A short video from our curator over on TikTok (Kent Archaeological Society) showing how to identify a Roman coin, using a replica Sestertius of Domitian who was Roman emperor from 81 - 96 AD.

An online discussion with Dr Simon Elliott FSA about Septimius Severus, the great warrior emperor from North Africa who died in York in AD 211 after spending the last three years of his life trying to conquer the far north of Britain.

Archaeology in action! The ankle breaker was a nasty feature of Roman defences designed to snap the ankles of anyone attacking their strongholds! An ongoing excavation at Lympne with @kentarchaeologicalsociety_kas may have unearthed the remains of one such defence, outside of a Roman fort that overlooked the English Channel. Featuring Dr Simon Elliott.

Sorting through Roman Ceramic Building Material from Lympne!

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An online talk by Philip Smither on the reinvestigation of Roman Richborough.

Professor Robin Fleming of Boston College is interviewed by KAS President Kerry Brown about her views on the application of ethnic identities to objects in the period after the Romans left Britain.

The Society’s Richard Taylor features in the team of Channel 4’s The Great British Dig.

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Dr Steve Willis, KAS Vice President and Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent, takes us through a rapid tour of Roman archaeology in Belgium and the Netherlands, with similarities and marked contrasts to Kent.

Giles Dawkes, Senior Archaeologist at Archaeology South East talks to KAS Trustee Fred Birkbeck about the excavations that he led at Snodland Roman villa and his experiences leading projects in Kent.

Giles Dawkes, Senior Archaeologist at Archaeology South East talks to KAS Trustee Fred Birkbeck about the excavations that he led at Snodland Roman villa and his experiences leading projects in Kent.

Ancient Rome Live brings you virtually to the streets and sites of Rome and Empire through original videos of museums collections, archaeological sites, ancient monuments, as well as special topic seminars, on site.

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