Roman Era

Book Review: Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, Jahrbuch 2017

Christoph Doppelhofer (UK)
Annual Proceedings of the EXAR Tagung
***This volume of Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa does not only serve as 2017’s year book of the European Association for the advancement of archaeology by experiment (EXAR), but also acts as a Festschrift dedicated to Professor Mamoun Fansa, who celebrated his 70th birthday...

Conference Review: European Textile Forum 2017

Heather Hopkins (UK)
The eighth European Textile Forum took place 6-12th November 2017, organised by Katrin Kania and Sabine Ringenberg. It was held at its adopted home LEA (Labor für Expermentelle Archäologie) in Mayen, Germany, a satellite of the RGZM (Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum) at Mainz, by invitation of LEA director Michael Herdick...

Workshop Tablet Weaving

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Portugal

Tablet weaving is an ancient weaving technique, in which the rotation of tablets, applied in the warp, creating the shed where the weft passes, produce the weave. Historically, it was applied to produce accessories for garment, like belts, or as decoration in garments itself. In this workshop you will be able to produce your own tablets and create patterns.

Geschichte(n) erleben auf der Zeiteninsel

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Germany

The time has come again for us to offer activities and presentations from the Middle Stone Age to the 1st post-Christian Century: make glass beads yourself, look over the blacksmith's shoulder or with the wool dyer in their cauldron with plant brews. Be there when iron is formed, you will learn everything about food preparation from hunting to the preparation of dishes.

Art of Sound and Art of Fighting - Music And Gladiators

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Germany

Finds of Roman organs are extremely rare. It is all the more astonishing that only recently metal finds from the fort Zugmantel in the Taunus were identified as parts of such an instrument. One can vividly imagine how the gladiators, accompanied by the sonorous sounds, moved into the small amphitheater near the castle to offer the spectators a violent spectacle.

UNESCO World Heritage Day - The Saalburg in 1910

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Germany

After its reconstruction at the beginning of the 20th century, the Saalburg became an important archeological museum. The UNESCO World Heritage Day focuses on the early days of the Saalburg Museum. The visitors can meet people from this era and representatives of society, culture and the military.

Culinaria - Ancient Food Culture

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Germany

Roman Castle Saalburg organizes with the I. Römer Cohort Opladen this Pentecost Event. Of course, the fires in the fort are in operation, the ovens smoke and it simmering and sizzling in the pots and pans. How to prepare pastes with the Roman mortar, make bread in a clay dome oven or prepare the various dishes over an open fire will be shown this weekend.