Ancient History News Archive October 2010

The British Museum, London: James Allen, Brown University, explores their meaning and the relationship between the pyramids and the afterlife. Thursday 25 November, 18.30 BP Lecture Theatre £5, Members and concessions £3 British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom Related to the exhibition Journey through the afterlife: ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.

London: The British Museum. Peter Stothard, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement, talks with Mary Beard, University of Cambridge, about his latest book, an unusual and highly praised work which retraces the journey taken by Spartacus and his slave army as they fought their Roman enemies in 73–71 BC. The British Museum, LondonThursday 7 October, 18.30BP... [continue reading]