Blog entries tagged Project http://www.wshc.eu Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:30:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.wshc.eu/blog/saving-the-skull.html <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p><br/><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;<img title="Wax visible inside the skull before treatment" src="http://www.wshc.eu/images//Image 1 wax skull before treatmentres.jpg" alt="Wax visible inside the skull before treatment" width="457" height="345" /><br />Wax visible inside the skull before treatment<br /><br />Background<br /><br />The 2009-2010 project to conserve 300 items for the new display at the Roman Baths Museum iRead More... Blog Administrator Fri, 07 May 2010 08:29:43 +0100 Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre Walcot Street treatment teeth St Swithuns' Yard skull skeleton Sellotape Roman earthenware ceramics Roman coffin Roman Baths Museum reinterpret redisplay reconstructed skull reconstructed Project physical features Osteoarchaeologist opaque wax Museum of London muscle tissue microscope Meet the Ancestors map mandible lower jaw lead piping Julian Richards Japanese tissue excavated display Death Conservators conservation collection bronze statuettes bones Blu-tack® BBC baths 5 year development plan 4th century 2009-2010 http://www.wshc.eu/blog/wshc-conservator-almost-meets-the-ancestors.html <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The coffin lining was discovered in 1999 at the St Swithuns' Yard site&nbsp;on Walcot Street, Bath.&nbsp;The original excavation and conservation work was undertaken by the Museum of London and the project was filmed as part of the BBC series &lsquo;Meet the Ancestors&rsquo; with Julian Richards.</p><br/><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Two coffins were found at the site. They were buried by the side of an alley way in the late 4th cRead More... Blog Administrator Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 wooden coffin Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre Walcot Street tests teeth Syria St Swithuns' Yard skeleton series Roman Baths Museum reinterpret redisplay reconstruction Project preserved Planning Objects Conservation Laboratory Museum of London Meet the Ancestors man’s face male local lead coffin lining late 4th century Julian Richards filmed female exhibitionmuseum excavation eastern Mediterranean discovered development plan conservation work conservation equipment conservation collection coffins clay buried bones BBC ancestors analysis analysis 5 year 45 years old 25 years old 1999 http://www.wshc.eu/blog/My-Favourite-Place-in-Wiltshire-and-Swindon.html <p>In the foyer of the History Centre we have displayed images of some of the favourite places in Wiltshire and Swindon voted for by the people of the county and the borough in an online poll conducted a few years ago by the Windows on Wiltshire Project. The winner, with over 20% of the vote was Avebury, with North Meadow Cricklade and the Westbury White Horse coming second and third respectively. Other places high up on the list include Malmesbury Abbey and Salisbury Cathedral, the GWR Works inRead More... Blog Administrator Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 Yellowhammers winner Windows Wiltshire wildlife habitat wild grasses Westbury White West Kennet Long Barrow Swindon Stonehenge Stonechats skylarks Silbury Hill sarsen stones Salisbury Cathedral Project people online North Meadow natural prehistoric landscape mosses Meadow Pipits Marlborough Downs Malmesbury Abbey lichen Kennet and Avon Canal images HistoryCentre GWR Work Fyfield Down Nature Reserve Foyer FavouritePlace Cricklade county Caen Hill Locks Box Railway Tunnel Borough Avebury