The Portable Antiquities Scheme

On the 24th July, the British Museum's eagerly awaited exhibition on the life of the Emperor Hadrian is due to open in the Round Reading Room. This follows on from the blockbusting 'First Emperor' exhibition that closes a few weeks ago and garnered much critical acclaim and helped the BM to beat Blackpool as the [...]

I've been sitting on these newsletters for rather a while now because we can't afford to print them due to our financial situation being so precarious. These two newsletters were written by our staff in the regions, and then my fabulous intern Virginia Sasser (University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill) who worked for us from October [...]

The British Museum announced a new exhibition for this Summer, which is particularly relevant for many of our audience who find Roman coins and artefacts daily. The full press release from the BM press office is below. The Scheme has recorded over 600 coins of Hadrian, and 42 of his wife Sabina. When I get [...]

The Roman curse tablet outlined in Sam Moorhead's article - "Cursing the Emperor" has featured in this morning's Guardian in an article entitled "Rare find highlights antiquities fears" which has been followed up by a commentary piece by Lord Renfrew. This is an unique artefact on our database and provides a rare insight into the [...]

One of our Finds Advisers, the inimitable Sam Moorhead is currently featured on the Channel 4 microsite for their game show Codex. If you want to read Sam's bio there or learn about other curatorial staff that the Scheme works with then read on.