Canterbury: Thursday 22nd and Saturday 24th of January 2015 *Lecture: Roman Shops and Shopping* University of Kent PhD student, Joe Williams will be giving a lecture entitled ‘Roman Shops and […]
For the past few months, Faith Morgan has been creating reconstructions of a number of garments from museum collections. The goal in making these garments has not been to produce exact […]
The creation of images reconstructing scenes from late antique urban life is a key component of our Visualisation project. We speak to Will Foster about his work creating the scenes. […]
We are pleased to announce the Visualisation of the Late Antique City conference 2014. This event, featuring papers from both project members and guest speakers, will present the results of […]
Ellen Swift is currently researching the design and function of Roman spoons, which she will present a paper on at the forthcoming Roman Archaeology Conference in Reading. In her research […]
For the last few years Luke Lavan has been undertaking research into everyday street life in the 4th to 6th centuries AD, focusing especially on the Mediterranean where both archaeology and […]
Excavations in Egypt and elsewhere have revealed huge numbers of documents that have survived thanks to the arid climate of the region. These amazing objects can tell us much about […]
Joe Williams recently presented his research on spices in Late Antiquity, discussing the role they had in the day to day lives of the ordinary people who used them. The […]
In October and November 2013, project member Solinda Kamani visited Jordan as part of her PhD research into everyday architectural decoration in Late Antiquity. The visit provided Solinda the opportunity […]
As part of her work for the Visualisation project, PhD student Faith Morgan has used a combination of her research and dressmaking skills to reconstruct a late antique tunic. Tunics […]
Another of our project members presented their research at the December Late Antique Archaeology research seminar at the University of Kent. Jo Stoner, whose PhD thesis focuses on the cultural […]
PhD student and project member Joe Williams was part of a study trip to South West Turkey in April 2013. The trip encompassed the major late antique archaeological sites and […]
A key part of the VLAC project is the creation of images, informed by academic research, of scenes of everyday life in late antique cities. As part of our collaboration […]
Project member Aoife Fitzgerald travelled to Ostia recently to conduct some first-hand research into the secular architecture of late antique cities. Ostia, the ancient port of Rome, is one of […]
A selection of new reconstruction images from the Visualisation project are now available to view on the Gallery page! Illustrator Will Foster has created a series of scenes set in […]
