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Tuesday, 21 May 2024

Friday, 21 July 2023

Sutton Hoo Festival of Archaeology

 Sutton Hoo National Trust 



The Festival of Archaeology is almost upon us! We've got a packed schedule of activities from 15-30 July, including:
✔ Two weekends of living history with the Wulfheodenas (22/23 July) and Sae Wylfing (29/30 July) re-enactment groups
✔ A chance to take on the role of an Anglo-Saxon chieftain as we wargame the age of the Anglo-Saxons (30 July)
✔ Anglo-Saxon storytelling and costume demonstrations
✔ A special cleaving demonstration by the The Sutton Hoo Ships Company to show how the Sutton Hoo ship was made (27/28 July)
✔ Daily guided tours of the Royal Burial Ground with The Sutton Hoo Society
✔ The Rendlesham Revealed exhibition, curated by Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
✔ A chance to get your questions answered with #AskAnArchaeologist
All activities are free with site admission. For more information, visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3NTb8wH
📸: Robin Pattinson/Sarah Haile/Josh Ward/Phil Morley

Thursday, 25 May 2023

Monday, 27 March 2023

Romano-British Cavalry

 A representation of Arthur and his Late Roman/Romano-British heavy cavalry (“Knights”) by the British Historical Association Comitatus


Sunday, 5 March 2023

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Pannonian cap

 from the wiki

In the period of the Tetrarchy, the Pannonian cap (pileus pannonicus) was adopted as the main military cap of the Roman army, until the 6th century AD; it was worn by lightly armed or off-duty soldiers, as well as workmen.[2][3][10] It often appears in Roman artwork, in particular mosaics, from the late 3rd century AD. The earliest preserved specimen of the hat was found at the Roman quarry of Mons Claudianus, in the eastern desert of Egypt, and is dated to 100–120 AD; it has a dark-green color, and looks like a low fez or pillbox hat.[10][30]




Monday, 27 February 2023

Late Roman

 


Picturesque setting. Don't know whose photo it is. Caption says

Comitatensis elite Roman soldier on the northern Rhine limes, IV century

Thursday, 16 February 2023

Wednesday, 1 February 2023

Tunic 5th to 7th century from the Metropolitan Museum

Tunics, worn by all levels of society, were the standard form of dress in Egypt and throughout the Mediterranean world in the Byzantine period. The neck opening of this tunic fragment is exquisitely decorated with finely detailed motifs embroidered into the whole. Extending front to back are clavi (bands) of double-headed axe heads alternating with floral motifs – pinecones extend onto the shoulders. The tunic is said to have come from Panopolis, a center of textile production in Egypt named for the classical god Pan, a member of the wine god Dionysos’ s retinue. The motifs may have been auspicious or related to the cult of Dionysos. The pinecones, representing prosperity and fertility, topped the god’s thyrsus, or staff. The double-headed axe was a symbol of Herakles, another associate of the god. "


New Wiglaf cavalry

  New Wiglaf cavalry for their Age of Penda range designed by Mark Copplestone. Available from North Star