LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - From cavalry helmets to panels of goatskin used for military tents, a new exhibition looking at the lives of Roman soldiers opens at the British Museum in London this week. ...
Channing Tatum leads troops into Roman Britain in The Eagle, 2011 - Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo Legion, an exhibition opening at the British Museum next month, will explore the life of the ...
At its peak, the Roman empire numbered some 60 million inhabitants and controlled everything "from Mesopotamia all the way to Hadrian's Wall", said Nick Clark in the Evening Standard. Stationed across ...
The British Museum is back in the news after a social media gaffe sparked accusations of sexism. On Sunday, March 3, the museum reposted a TikTok touting its ongoing exhibition, “Legion: life in the ...
In this new study, a team analyzed the genomes of 70 ancient cats, dating back over the last 11,000 years (from about 9000 ...
Life in a Roman legion was nasty, brutish and, providing a legionary survived his 25-year enlistment, a long march to citizenship and wealth. “Legion,” now at the British Museum, is a superb ...
For the first time in 2,000 years, a Roman arm guard can be seen in its entirety after a painstaking reconstruction that saw the assembly of dozens of found fragments. The piece of brass armor was ...
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Roman sun hat: A 'very rare' 1,600-year-old brimmed cap that may have protected a Roman soldier from Egyptian sandstorms
In August 2025, the Bolton Museum put the sun hat on display for the first time following conservation. Jacqui Hyman, the ...
It’s one of three known examples of such a garment in the world. A remarkably rare Roman military hat, dating back 2,000 years, has finally been put on display after spending more than 100 years in ...
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