Due to the spectacular success of the Colchester Archaeology Talks, unless your seats have already been reserved, from 14th February 2020 tickets for the three remaining talks must be bought
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We are thrilled to announce a special series of five fascinating Wednesday evening lectures: Colchester Archaeology Talks 2020. TALK 1 – Wednesday 29th January: Recent excavations in and around
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Busy day at the Roman Circus Visitor Centre
The first handmade craft market held at the Roman Circus Visitor Centre was a resounding success. A big ‘THANK YOU’ to everyone who came along on 1 December 2019 and supported
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Special visitors from Changsha city
Today we gave a very special welcome to twenty-one town planners from Changsha city in Hunan province in China. They came to Colchester
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Giddy up! Live horses return at last to the Roman Circus. And what’s more – they were small!
[fvplayer id=”12″]Friday 25th of October was a day I’d been looking forward to for some time. In the event, it was an even better day than I had imagined it
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How big were our circus horses?
Dig it! exhibition Bulletin 10 of 10 So here’s the last of the Dig it! exhibition bulletins. It’s a fascinating puzzle: how large were the horses that raced in the
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A piece of broken chariot
Dig it! exhibition Bulletin 9 of 10 A tantalising find from the circus is the decorated head of a broken linchpin. We’ve already featured this in an earlier post where
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Model of Roman town
Dig it! exhibition Bulletin 8 of 10 Our model of the Roman town of Colchester – Colonia Victricensis – is starting to take shape. You can see how far we
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