Museums

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent has secured a rare Bronze Age solid gold dress fastener. The 3,000-year-old jewel with trumpet terminals is one of only seven found in England and Wales, and it’s the first to be found in Britain in over 30 years. It is the first to be found in … Read the full post →“Another local museum acquires Bronze Age gold”

An exceptional Roman gold ring with an intaglio stone depicting a winged Victory driving a two-horse chariot has been acquired by the South West Heritage Trust and will become part of the permanent collection at The Museum of Somerset. The ring is heavy at 48 grams and is decorated with abstract openwork patterns, niello enamel … Read the full post →“Museum snags Roman gold ring with chariot intaglio”

A finely carved ivory double comb from the 12th century has gone on display at the LWL Museum of Archaeology and Culture in Herne, Germany. One of only 60 known examples, the comb is what is known as a liturgical comb, and the only one ever found in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia. The comb … Read the full post →“Rare Ivory comb returns to Westphalia for exhibition”

A larger than life-sized statue of Agrippina the Elder, niece of Emperor Augustus. discovered at the ancient city of Veleia in Emilia Romagna, northern Italy centuries ago, has been restored and is back on display with 11 members of her family at the Archaeological Museum of Parma. Conservators from the Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta in … Read the full post →“1st c. statue of Agrippina the Elder restored”