Best-selling author Caroline Lawrence has added her name to a growing list of celebrities supporting the fight to save Colchester's Roman Circus.
Lawrence, the author of the ‘Roman Mysteries’ series of children’s books, joins other high-profile people backing the appeal, including authors Ronald Blythe, Guy de la Bedoyere and Adam Hart-Davis, Time Team presenter Tony Robinson, architectural historian and TV presenter Dan Cruickshank, broadcaster Peter Snow, and former MP and cabinet minister Tony Benn.
Mid-2012 was confirmed last week as the projected point of opening for the Grand Egyptian Museum, as pen was put to paper on a deal between the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and engineering firms Hill International and EHAF Consulting Engineers to commence work on stage three of Egypt’s new cultural mecca.
Egyptian culture minister Farouk Hosni looked on as Dr Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the SCA, and Raouf Ghali, board chairman of Hill International, signed the deal. Hosni stated that it will take 26 months to complete the massive building project, in the desert west of Cairo at Giza, just two kilometres from the pyramids.
The British Museum had agreed to lend the artefact – a 6th century Babylonian treasure, regarded as the world’s first declaration of human rights – to the National Museum of Tehran back in September, but then delayed the cylinder’s transfer citing the “political situation” in post-election Iran. Last week, the British Museum declared its intention to delay the loan of the Cyrus Cylinder once again, until the summer in order to complete research, sparking an outraged reaction from Iran’s state cultural organisation.
Submitted by E P Wohlfart on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 16:31
History enthusiasts, this is your moment to shine! Heritage Key is offering both corporal and virtual prizes for the best entries in this Ancient World in London blog contest.
London has a long and remarkable history of invaders – foreign and native, ficticious and real. Medieval historians thought that its first invader was King Brutus, a Roman descendent of the Biblical Noah who came and settled the island with his following of emancipated Trojan slaves. The city’s more credible, but none the less colourful, invaders range from Roman soldiers to Essex farmers.
Of course, not all invaders are created equal; hence this contest. We want to know:
Which invaders have had the biggest impact on London?
David Pybus describes himself as a “21st century alchemist and aromancer”, and says his mission in life is to “get people to stop their frenetic living from time to time and to smell the roses”. He’s underselling himself, of course. He’s really a chemist with more than 20 years’ experience at the world’s largest perfume makers.
During an appearance on the BBC’s Dragon’s Den in 2007, he convinced entrepreneurs Theo Paphitis and Peter Jones to part with £40,000 each to help launch Scents of Time, a range of fragrances based on ancient themes.
Canterbury City Council is the latest local authority set to close museums as part of cost-cutting measures. The council is wielding the budget axe – and it’s decided that saving the city’s Christmas lights is more important than keeping the Roman Museum open to the public.
In a joint partnership with the Open University, the BBC broadcast the first of a seven-part series which is looking at the History of Britain through art and artefacts over the past 2,000 years in a TV series called "Seven Ages of Britain". Shot in high definition, the programme is written and presented by the respected veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby who recounts the ancient-era story of the nation in the first episode.
Submitted by Sean Williams on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 07:35
When you think of King Tut, do you see a young boy, struggling with the enormity of his power; a slender adolescent in control of the world's greatest empire?
Mid-2012 was confirmed last week as the projected point of opening for the 
Iran has followed through on its threat, lodged in October 2009, to 
History enthusiasts, this is your moment to shine! Heritage Key is offering both corporal and virtual prizes for the best entries in this Ancient World in London blog contest. 
David Pybus describes himself as a “21st century alchemist and aromancer”, and says his mission in life is to “get people to stop their frenetic living from time to time and to smell the roses”. He’s underselling himself, of course. He’s really a chemist with more than 20 years’ experience at the world’s largest perfume makers.
In a joint partnership with the Open University, the BBC broadcast the first of a seven-part series which is looking at the History of Britain through art and artefacts over the past 2,000 years in a TV series called "
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