Blog entries tagged tests http://www.wshc.eu Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:59:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 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