George Watson explains why a replica of a Syracusan coin is his Museum Favourite from the Cast Gallery. One of the less well known of the cast gallery’s holdings is a collection of electrotypes* of Greek coins. Amongst this pretty little set, my favourites have to be the decadrachms of Syracuse: large silver coins of … Continue reading
GIS continued this week with a pair of speakers from Peterhouse. We kicked off with a presentation from Rob Thompson on ‘Paradigms of blessedness in Sophocles’, a study of how Sophocles’ tragedies explore the idea of the best possible human life (an idea captured in Greek by various different nouns, including εὐδαιμονία, εὐτυχία and ὀλβία). … Continue reading
Contemporary politics may not often crop up amid the (digital) pages Res Gerendae, but assuming the reader occasionally consults other news sources, they will hopefully be aware that recently there was a General Election. With victory for the Conservatives, and their promises of an EU referendum, a political debate has arisen with specific implications for … Continue reading
Patrick Cook explains why the cast of the Venice Tetrarch Group is his Museum Favourite from the Cast Gallery. The cast of the Venice Tetrarchs is at once extremely prominent and all too easy to overlook. It’s prominent because of its prime location: nicely displayed on a corner, and visible from both the first and the … Continue reading
Originally posted on West Yorkshire Heritage Forum:
The Bedale by-pass road construction project has revealed the site of an extensive Roman Villa which may well be the most significant to be found in Northern Britain. Preliminary evaluation work failed to establish the full extent of the villa and consequently a major part of the villa is…
I recently had a flying visit to Madrid: two days’ conference, one day’s sightseeing, far more Spanish food than was reasonable given the length of my stay (top food tip: the Mercado de San Miguel, an entire market of stalls selling every possible kind of tapas…). However, as is traditional for RG travel reporters, I … Continue reading
The start of a new term means the return of the Graduate Interdisciplinary Seminar (GIS), chaired this term by Livvy Elder and myself. As undergraduates retreat to the library to revise, the postgraduate community here at Cambridge continues to flourish, and we’ve had a question-packed opening two weeks, summaries of which you can find below. … Continue reading
Josh Pugh Ginn explains why the Farnese Hercules is his Museum Favourite from the Cast Gallery. When it comes to picking a cast gallery favourite, for me the choice is an obvious one. In fact, it’s my favourite across two museums: the original from which the cast is taken is for me one of the … Continue reading
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