Wonders Of The Roman Empire - Off Limits

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Forthcoming Chiswick Decorative and Fine Arts Society lecture

Chiswick Decorative & Fine Arts Society Chiswick DFAS forthcoming lecture on 13 July at 8pm is entitled 'Wonders of the Roman Empire - Off Limits' and will be given by Sam Moorhead.

Recent turmoil in much of the Near East and North Africa means that many of the most impressive sites in the Roman Empire can no longer be visited.

Sam Moorhead was privileged to have been able to work and travel in parts of the Eastern Mediterranean which are now too dangerous to explore – in fact, he was in Syria in March 2011 when the civil war began. This lecture will provide an outline of Roman activity in the region, focusing on cities which have been largely destroyed (for example Hatra in Iraq and Palmyra in Syria), sites which have been heavily looted (Apamaea and Dura Europus in Syria), and places which are now too dangerous to visit (Leptis Magna and Cyrene in Libya).

Fees for this lecture go directly to the British Museum.

Sam Moorhead is the National Finds Adviser for Iron Age and Roman coins in the Portable Antiquities and Treasure Section at the British Museum. Before joining the British Museum in 1997 as Staff Lecturer for Archaeology, he taught Classics and Archaeology; he is an Honorary Lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL.

The lecture commences at 8pm in the Malinova Room, The Polish Centre (POSK), 238-246 King Street, Hammersmith, W6 0RF (with the ChDFAS private bar open from 7.00pm). Non-members £10 on the door.

Booking recommended, see the ChDFAS (www.chdfas.org.uk )

July 6, 2017