On Friday, 15th March, Oscar's mother Susannah, a trained conserver, brought in an array of Roman and Greek artefacts for the Classical Studies students from all years to look at and to listen to the stories behind the finds. 2nd Year Classical Studies students explain what they saw and heard.
On Friday, 15th March, Oscar's mom Susannah came in to show and explain artefacts that she brought in. There were some small hazelnuts preserved in a little jar in Autumn in around 2,000BCE. My favorite piece that I thought was very interesting was the Bronze Age Urn. It was approxmently 4,000 years old. From research on the hip joint they could tell that it was a female in her early twenties.
Only a few people have seen the Urn apart from us. We learned that Romans visited Newgrange on their holidays 2,000 years ago. We saw a Roman padlock that was discovered in Ireland. Finally we saw three Greek vases that were all different shapes and sizes. There were images on the vases that told different stories. I personally really enjoyed looking and learning about the different types of artefacts that were brought in. (Click on blog title to see more photos.)
Isabelle Byrne (2nd Year)
We saw some pretty amazing artefacts last week. We saw some real human bones from centuries ago. We also saw some Greek vases. The Greek vases were very detailed. Also we were some of the first people to see some of these artefacts in the whole world and it was amazing to see these artefacts from centuries ago right in front of us.
Jennifer Fehily (2nd Year)
Oscar's mom came in and showed us some ancient vases. The fact that was amazing is they never been seen before by other people and are so old and precious that they will be put in a museum soon. She also brought in parts of the body from the people that died in Pompeii. I liked every vase, especially the nuts that were in a jar. I really loved the big vase and that it wasn't decayed after so many years.
Rebecca Hewson (2nd Year)
On the 15th March 2013, we had Susanna aka Oscar's mother come in especially to show us artefacts, as she was an ex-archaeologist and now a conserver. We had many artefacts from different periods of time. For example, vases, coins and locks from the Roman world, and decorated urns with many stories and myths to tell from the Greek empire. The oldest were bones and a Bronze Age pot over 4,000 years old (note: this pot had only been seen by a handful of people). I would say I found the Roman coin amazing, as this was used as currency at the time. At one time an actual Roman citizen or Roman soldier would have used it and over 2,000 years later i was holding it! If I had to express the day in two words, I would simply call it "an experience".
Niall Garvey (2nd Year)
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