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Lost Roman Sea Mosaic in England Survives Through One Fragment and an 18th-Century Drawing
For more than two centuries, a Roman sea mosaic discovered beneath Cirencester survived largely as an image on paper. The pavement itself disappeared beneath the changing streets of the English town, but a single fragment rescued from beneath a house in the 1980s has now returned to the Corinium Museum. The fragment does not represent…
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Bronze Age Burial with Amber Beads and Copper Dagger Goes on Display at Corinium Museum
A newly opened display at the Corinium Museum is bringing an extraordinary Early Bronze Age burial into public view, offering a rare insight into ritual practices and social hierarchy in prehistoric Britain. The artifacts were uncovered during excavations at Lechlade Memorial Hall in 2017 and include amber beads, a copper dagger and fire-lighting flints. All…