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🥳 We are delighted to announce that our new website has launched.
This will give us scope to explain and promote what LAHS is all about and allow members to access our publications digitally.
Check it out here lahs.org.uk
#archaeology #history #Leicestershire
"Cheekpieces and Chasing Lions: Further Puzzles from the Hallaton Helmet Assemblage".
Lecture discussing the #Roman finds and work done since first displayed 11 years ago. Also the chance to try on the helmet via 3D prints.
7.30pm Thurs 11 May, #Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.
*Save the Date!* #FREE
Family Fun Day @BeaumanorHall with @UPANATEMHISTORY #Reenactors, @ULASarchaeology, @archaeologyuk’s @RedfernNeil, @mungotalks, @Mosaic_Jim and much more to be announced soon. Spread the word! teapawt.org/HiddenHistorie3/status…
🎬*Lecture now online*🎬
"Albion Archaeology in Leicestershire and Rutland"
▶️youtu.be/OJ6SiqEFZaA◀️
Mike Luke gives a summary of some of Albion Archaeology's recent investigations in #Leicestershire & #Rutland, concentrating on the #IronAge age and #Roman periods.
🖥️ Leicestershire County Council Museum Collections have launched a new website. 🖥️
From prehistoric tools to fabulous fashion, tiny insects to aircraft, explore some of the museum collections and find out about the work they do.
leicestershirecollections.or…
The Society's peer-reviewed academic journal 'Transactions' is appealing for papers on any subject relating to the #History and/or #Archaeology of #Leicester, #Leicestershire and #Rutland.
For more information and submissions email: [email protected]
The next LAHS talk will be given on April 28 by Paul Griffiths. It will look at council house provision in the midlands before 1915.
Venue: Online AND at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery. Please use Eventbrite to book tickets at:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/council-h…
Our latest Society lecture is now online, exploring the #Archaeology of a middle to late #AngloSaxon cemetery at The Grange in #Rothley, #Leicestershire.
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▶️youtu.be/y5b_QwGXysw◀️
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🗺️ Leicester's 165 #heritage panels are now mapped! 🗺️
From its earliest days, through the #medieval era to the #history of the modern city, the panels offer a fascinating insight into #Leicester's story so far.
google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1…
Apologies to those not admitted to the lecture this evening: an issue arose that limited the meeting to 100 attendees, which only came to light as people were being admitted.
A talk given in December on the Rutland site can be viewed here instead
youtube.com/watch?v=G530JW9L…
⚠️Help keep Grace Dieu Priory open⚠️
#12thCentury landmark could be closed to public forever if funding isn't secured.
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gofundme.com/charity/the-fri…
#History #Coalville #Archaeology #GoFundMe #Leicestershire
#Charnwood
💻'Diet and migration at #Ketton Quarry: an #isotopic perspective'💻
A lecture by Dr Sam Leggett @samleggs22, of @UniofOxford.
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youtu.be/V5vNHrDAZrQ
#Rutland #History #openaccess #onlinelecture #Archaeology
💻'Dabbling in the Dark Arts: How the church embraced #Arabic #astrology and opened the door to modern #science'💻
A lecture by Dr Chris Mitchell, @UWTSD
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youtu.be/64jgHk4DveI
#christianity #historyofscience #onlinelecture #History #openaccess
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'From log boats to #Roman port?'
FREE talk: Thurs 13 May, 7.30pm BST. Grahame Appleby will be talking about the amazing #Archaeology of the #Cambridgeshire Fenland.
Book a place via Eventbrite eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-log-…
The Festival of #Leicestershire and #Rutland #Archaeology will be running throughout July this year, from July 3rd to August 1st, with events both on the ground and online.
Find out more at leicsfieldworkers.org/festiv…
The Festival is part of @archaeologyuk's #FestivalofArchaeology.
💻More lectures now uploaded to our YouTube channel!💻
From #Roman mosaics to #medieval 'catastrophe' mass graves, if you're interested in the #history of #Leicestershire, this is for you.
#medievaltwitter #Leicester
⬇️ click ⬇️ click ⬇️ click ⬇️ youtube.com/channel/UCrJHd8Z…
'The #Leicester Waterside Excavations', a talk by Stephen Baker of @ULASarchaeology
~Thurs 29 April, 7.30pm BST.
An overview of #Roman and #medieval excavations at Waterside, including the discovery of a catastrophe mass grave.
Book your free tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-leice…
