Her remains were exhumed in the 19th Century by antiquarians. Her skull ended up in the St Andrews University Museum and was photographed before it went missing during the 20th Century.
Ever since British antiquarians organized the first scientific excavations along Hadrian’s Wall in the 1890s, historians and archaeologists have assumed Rome’s walls were military ...
The area has been searched for the past 150 years, first by Victorian antiquarians, later by archaeologists. Yet none of them had the slightest idea what lay beneath their feet. Stand at “the ...
They first engaged the attention of later mediaeval tourists, just as they do today. The interest of travellers was captured in the Renaissance by artists, architects, topographers, antiquarians, ...
Scales and elaborately decorated weights were found buried with the Viking One hundred and forty years ago Victorian antiquarians excavated a rare Viking boat grave in the Inner Hebrides.
And those interested should note that the Antiquarians will be holding its talks on a new day. Society secretary Philip Curtis said: “We have changed the evening and our talks will be held on ...