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Always been curious about #hieroglyphs, #cuneiform, or #Sanskrit? Our Ancient Languages Extravaganza is next week Tue and Wed. Do pop by for one or several sessions and bring friends & family! No prep or prior knowledge of any language required. @ Woolf sr 5, Canterbury Campus

Congratulations to Prof Ellen Swift, who has won a AHRC grant funding to lead the project 'Britain's Last Roman Hoards: Wealth, Power and Culture in the Fifth Century', in collaboration with Eleanor Ghey (British Museum), James Gerrard (Newcastle) and Lloyd Bosworth (Kent).

Fancy to further your knowledge of the Classical world through a range of exciting modules and original approaches to the discipline? Then Kent is the place for you! Discover our MA offer now and find your future!

Our colleague Professor Sophia Labadi has just been awarded the Reimar Lüst Award from the Humboldt Foundation. She will be based at the Global Heritage Lab at the University of Bonn in Germany. Her research will be on public statues in Africa post-independence.

Thank you for coming to our event! We had fun teaching some Akkadian, Phoenician, Hieroglyphs, Ancient Greek, Old English and even Python! Many thanks from all of us in particular to the organiser of the event Dr Matthijs Wibier who made this happen and brought us all together.

Amazing find of a line of Virgil on a potsherd 🤩 buff.ly/3qVrCfS

The Kent Star Campaign celebrates two incredible students from University of Kent: Alex Davis, award-winning student ambassador & Miguel Santos, Chair of Postgraduate Network. Their hard work and dedication is something to be admired. #KentStar ⭐👏 kent.ac.uk/student/success

We are looking forward to welcoming our Stage 1 and new postgraduate students next week! If you're one of them, save the date for our CLAS Day Trip including an archaeological tour of Canterbury on Friday 22 Sep..

Kent Material Studies Network event today for #blackhistorymonth on a #Classical Archaeology topic - 2pm via Teams! Dr Najee Olya on 'Ancient Greek Visual Portrayals of Africans: Escaping the Anachronistic Trap of Race'. Contact Ellen Swift for Teams link, [email protected].

We're proud to announce the public launch of our new School on 23 November! See a stellar lineup of Classics, English, and History professors discuss #Democracy and the #Humanities. Reception to follow. All are welcome! Kent alumni School of History at the University of Kent Arts & Humanities at @UniKent

Public Lectures on Late Antiquity: Autumn 2023 Antioch, Sagalassos, and more. Wednesdays 5.15pm, Templeman Library Lecture Theatre. All welcome! kent-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92871421862... Meeting ID: 928 7142 1862 Passcode: 093272

Have a safe and happy Fireworks Night! Two thousand years ago, Roman shepherds jumped through small fires at the Parilia festival for healthy animals and crops. (Some now do it on St John's Day, others on the Iranian New Year, pictured. There's always an appreciative audience!)

UoK Public Lecture, tonight at 5:15pm UK time! Professor Hatice Pamir on New Mosaics from Antioch & Daphne. All are welcome. Join us in person in the Templeman Library Lecture Theatre, or online at: buff.ly/3QMmqWb Meeting ID: 928 7142 1862 Passcode: 093272

Public Lecture UoKent Weds 29th November 5.15pm UK time Dr Anna Lampadaridi 'Translating a Latin Legend into Greek: the Life of Hilarion by Jerome' Live on Zoom: buff.ly/3tZPfp6... Meeting ID: 928 7142 1862 Passcode: 093272 #Jerome #Latin #Greek #Hagiography #Hilarion

How did the treasure become a trove? Which valuables survived this way, and what do they tell us? An exciting new research project, led by University of Kent's Professor Ellen Swift, investigates fifty British hoards from late antiquity. Follow the blog for updates! buff.ly/3ulugxw

Get an expert view of the Canterbury Treasure in this week's research update on Britain's Last Roman Hoards. Learn how much ancient silver spoons can tell us, and unravel the mystery surrounding a peculiar artifact. #RomanHistory #Archaeology buff.ly/3uSPp2k

We’re delighted Cotswold Archaeology have awarded our research degree student Joe Locke a 6 month grant to assist the writing up of his findings. Since 2021 Joe has been undertaking a pioneering study of the ceramic flue tiles that conduct hot air around Roman baths and houses.

The latest from Prof Swift's research project on ancient British hoards: These items are from the Icklingham hoard in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge. Were 'cornerless cube' glass beads valuable enough to hoard with gold and silver? buff.ly/4en3iI8

At Kent we teach all aspects of ancient worlds, including reinventions. Today's DLC for AI-themed philosophical puzzler #TalosPrinciple2 mentions Orpheus, Isle of the Blessed, floating Egyptian ruins. Archaeology AND Greek myth! #archaeogaming #kentiquity buff.ly/3Xr5Kan

More videogame news: the Bronze Age is about to get huge! In two weeks (July 25), the strategy game Total War: Pharaoh will double its size for free, adding Babylon, Assyria, Mycenae and Troy to the Egyptians, Hittites, and Sea Peoples. Capture Troy, see Mount Olympus, and more.