Date: Tuesday 27 May 2025, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
Make a mosaic inspired by our beautiful Roman mosaic at the Yorkshire Museum in this fun and informal drop in workshop suitable for all the family.
Date: Tuesday 27 May 2025, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
Join us at the museum and be captivated and amazed with great Roman stories such as…
Short stories, suitable for all ages, times will be advertised at the Museum.
Date: Tuesday 27 May 2025, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Venue:
Coney Street is about to undergo a renaissance as the Coney Street Riverside project transforms York’s premier shopping street. Join York Civic Trust to find out more about the Roman origins of Coney Street and how this history has affected the area over the last 2000 years and impacted on the upcoming development.
This event is organised by York Civic Trust.
Date: Tuesday 27 May 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Dig
A Gladiator Cemetery in York? Exploring the evidence, a talk by David Jennings, CEO York Archaeology
27 May 2025 | 7pm – 8.30pm | DIG, St Saviourgate, York | £5 per person | Book now
Recent news reports of the only physical evidence of a Roman man having been bitten by a lion, found in a Roman cemetery in York, raise the prospect of an encounter in the Roman arena as seen in numerous film and TV representations of the ancient world.
In this talk, we will review this latest evidence of a potential Gladiator cemetery alongside the extraordinary evidence from the other 81 people found in the excavations, 40 of whom had been decapitated and a number of whom displayed many unusual or distinctive characteristics.
We will dive deep into the world of these men, think about their lives, how they met their end and were laid to rest, giving you the chance to think about the evidence and decide for yourselves what the archaeology is telling us.
Please note: the talk will show images of skeletons, showing evidence of injuries to bones and images from the classical world (Roman mosaics and sculptures) that show scenes of violence (including animals) and from the arena. Given the archaeological evidence we will also talk about violence in the past.
Talk will take place at DIG, St Saviourgate, York YO1 8NN
Date: Wednesday 28 May 2025, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
Make a mosaic inspired by our beautiful Roman mosaic at the Yorkshire Museum in this fun and informal drop in workshop suitable for all the family.
Date: Wednesday 28 May 2025, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
Ever wanted to run into a Roman?
This is YOUR invitation to ….
…….. MEET ME AT THE YORKSHIRE!
Date: Wednesday 28 May 2025, 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
Date: Wednesday 28 May 2025, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
The Melsonby hoard: chariots and power in the North Yorkshire Iron Age
With Sophia Adams (The British Museum) and Tom Moore (Durham University)
28 May 2025 | 6pm – 7.30pm | Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum | £15 per person | Book now
In 2021, in a field in North Yorkshire, metal detectorist Peter Heads made a discovery that led to revealing one of the largest deposits of Late Iron Age metalwork ever uncovered in Britain. In our paper we present the astounding remains from this Treasure find and share our current hypotheses about the setting of this scene of consumption, mass destruction and funerary practice. We will look at the range of incredible finds uncovered and discuss how these remains provide important new insights into different aspects of life in Iron Age Britain and the nature of power at this time.
All proceeds go to the Save the Melsonby Hoard fundraising campaign.
Date: Thursday 29 May 2025, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
Make a mosaic inspired by our beautiful Roman mosaic at the Yorkshire Museum in this fun and informal drop in workshop suitable for all the family.
Date: Thursday 29 May 2025, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
Join us at the museum and be captivated and amazed with great Roman stories such as…
Short stories, suitable for all ages, times will be advertised at the Museum.
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