Archive for the 'Archaeology in the media' Category
Portable Antiquities Scheme in the British Museum review 2007/2008
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
On July 1st 2008, the British Museum Review for 2007 - 2008 was released. The Scheme features prominently on pages 46 - 47 with details of the two gold aurei of Carausius found in Derbyshire, a Pilgrim’s badge depicting Saint Thomas Becket (or classical name St. Thomas a Becket) from Lincolnshire, the figurine of Cautopates [...]
Kate Sutton in the Times
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Our Finds Liaison Officer for Greater London (Kate Sutton) was featured in the Times last week (June 19th 2008) and was interviewed about a career in archaeology.
“As a community archaeologist, I find opportunities to get the public involved in archaeology and sometimes I have to create the opportunities myself. Next week, for example, I’m running [...]
Treasure hunter finds rare Carausius coins - Telegraph
Monday, March 17th, 2008
The Telegraph ran this story on page 15 today - Treasure hunter finds rare Carausius coins - Telegraph. We broke news on this back in January this year.
Sunday Times mentions the Scheme
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
A surprising place for the Scheme to be mentioned came up today in the Sunday Times ‘In Gear‘ section. The facts are slightly skewed regarding Treasure and I don’t think the author did his research in depth. But hey, at least it is publicity at a time when we need it!
Parliament TV - oral questions
Monday, January 28th, 2008
At 2:30 today an oral questions session was held at Westminster. This features PAS heavily:
http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/VideoPlayer.aspx?meetingId=875&rel=ok
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