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Curator Dr Frances McIntosh with the specially commissioned Rudge Cup, one of Hadrian’s Wall’s earliest souvenirs One of the earliest-known souvenirs from Hadrian's Wall is on display as part ...
A new exhibition featuring a collection of Hadrian’s Wall’s oldest souvenirs has gone on display in Northumberland. The collection, which features keepsakes from almost 2,000 years ...
Strong and muscular, gladiators had sex appeal and would receive gifts from women ... intricacies of religion on the Roman ...
Dr Frances McIntosh, English Heritage's collections curator for Hadrian's Wall and the North East ... The 2,000-year-old souvenir is set to go on display at Corbridge Roman Town in 2025 along ...
Along Hadrian’s Wall, a 73-mile-long stone barrier built ... The handle is a “Roman gladiator souvenir,” according to English Heritage, something that has been rarely found in the United ...
The copper alloy handle, part of a folding knife, was probably used as a souvenir, reflecting the ... reaching all the way to Hadrian's Wall at the very edge of the Roman Empire," archaeologist ...
The 2,000-year-old figure is a remarkable example of a Roman gladiator souvenir, a rarity in Britain ... known as Corbridge Roman Town, near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.
reaching all the way to Hadrian’s Wall at the very edge of the Roman Empire,” she added. Strong and muscular, gladiators had sex appeal and would receive gifts from women, according to McIntosh.
“having individual fans who would follow them and give them gifts,” Frances McIntosh, collections curator for Hadrian’s Wall and the North East at English Heritage, said in a video on the ...