Skulls, death and the Dark Ages talk
| Dates: | 25 July 2012 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | Manchester Museum |
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| How much: | Drop-in, free, 8+ |
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1-2pm. In this presentation aimed at a family and adult audience, our Curator of Archaeology, Bryan Sitch, talks about recent work on human skeletons from Heronbridge near Chester. Many of the bones show injuries from swords and axes. It is suggested that they died during the battle of Chester early in the 7th century AD, which is described in Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People. This talk explores the recent discovery in the Museum’s collection, the painstaking reconstruction of the fighting and draws interesting parallels between the Dark Ages and the present day. Part of the Festival of British Archaeology.
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Phone: 0161-2752648
Email: museum@manchester.ac.uk
