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24/05/2017Conference presentations, International Conference, Newsadmin

Buday Memorial Conference

Between the 16^th and 18^th of May, a commemorative conference took place in Szeged (Hungary), in honour of two pioneers of the late 19^th and 20^th century humanities studies: Buday Árpád, historian and archaeologist, and his son, Buday György, artist.

The first day was dedicated to Buday Árpád, who was born in Transylvania, first working in Cluj and later in Szeged. He was one of the main researchers of Roman epigraphy, Roman provincial archaeology and limes-research. An intriguingly interesting presentation was held by one of our team members about the experiences and research of Buday Árpád in Albania, on the territory of present day Kosovo. On the second day presentations about the life and work of Buday György were held . His work, having its roots in Transylvania and being also influenced by expressionism and folk elements, created a totally apart form of art, appreciated all over Europe.

The conference was culminated by a book presentation about the work of Buday György regarding architectural elements from Szeged and two exhibitions. One of the curators of the exhibition about Buday Árpád was our team member.

11/05/2017event, Newsadmin

LVDVS PVERORVM

Museum pedagogy workshop on the 20^th of May 2017, 11am-17pm at the exhibition halls of the Mureș County Museum from the Castle of Târgu Mureș

The purpose of the activities is to familiarize the public with different aspects related to childhood and education during the Roman period. The interactive thematic workshops and museum pedagogy activities, accompanied by explanatory panels, will focus on education and the every-day aspects of childhood: artefacts typical for children and their meaning, activities related to school and the way in which a Roman child could have acquired new knowledge. The visitors can directly participate in the activities and the workshops are opened to both children and adults.

14/12/2016International Conference, Newsadmin

Archaeologia Transylvanica Conference

Planned for the last weekend leading up to the Christmas Holidays, the three-day event entitled ‘Archaeologia Transylvanica’ is meant to signal the wrapping-up of the scientific activities for 2016 with a much anticipated book launching followed by a conference on various aspects of Prehistoric and Roman archaeology in Transylvania. The event will gather around 50 specialists in different fields pertaining to archaeology from Romaniaand abroad.

To see the programme click on the link: program-2

27/09/2016Conference presentations, International Conference, Newsadmin

5^thBalkan Symposium of Archaeometry

Between the 25^th and 28^th of September, 2016 takes place the 5^thBalkan Symposium of Archaeometry at the beautiful location of Sinaia, where of course the eastern limes of Dacia is also represented. Some of our colleagues have the chance to present here a poster about the interesting results of some archaeometallurgical measurements done on iron slags from the Roman sites of Brâncoveneşti, Călugăreni and Vătava.

The programme of the event is available here:

http://www.nipne.ro/events/conferences/bsa5/

05/09/2016International Conference, Newsadmin

Aerial archaeology conference

Even though we are pretty worked up at the excavation, the Roman sites of Mureș county cannot remain absent at the Annual Meeting of the AARG (Aerial Archaeology Research Group), held in Pilsen (CZ) between the 7th and 9th of September, 2016.

The topic is of course aerial archaeology, and we will be represented by one of our colleagues and Máté Szabó from the University of Pécs, who will present a poster entitled: The Roman military site from Sighișoara (Romania) – an aerial archaeological approach.

The programme of the event is available here:

https://sites.google.com/site/aargpilsen2016/

04/09/2016Newsadmin

4R Festival in Călugăreni

The Roman (and Renaissance) Festival in Călugăreni had surely become a tradition. Nor can we or the locals imagine a summer without it any more. And this year was again special. We had more visitors than ever before, more activities, more fun.

There were legionaries fighting barbarians, gladiators against each other, but also lots of workshops, where anybody could try themself out, how the Romans made their lamps, mosaics, glass beads, perfumes and many, many more.

If somebody wanted to rest a bit in all this time-travelling, near the monastery kind monks and nuns awaited for them to give a glimpse into the Renaissance way of life.

And the story about the whole day could go on and on, but why not come and see it for yourself next year?

04/08/2016Newsadmin

13^th of August: 4R Roman Festival!

Very soon, on the 13^th of August, the village and archaeological site of Călugăreni will be full again with Roman soldiers, gladiators and plenty of cheerful slaves, happy to show you around the workshops bringing back the atmosphere of ancient times..
So be there or be square!

Watch the promo video for the 4R Roman Festival HERE!

01/07/2016National Conference, Newsadmin

Pottery all over!

Three days of intensive lectures were held in Cluj Napoca about Roman ceramics. The National Conference „Art and Craftmanship – Pottery workshops from the Roman provinces Dacia and Lower Moesia” went on between the 23^rd and 25^th of June, and attracted more than 70 specialists from all over the country. Three members of our team participated with interesting presentations about the world of pottery production and use.

The most impressive thing is to see how varied and unique, but on the other hand unitary is the ceramic material of the two provinces and also of the different regions. The understanding of pottery production leads to the comprehension of commercial routes, exchanges of ideas, the wandering of potters. Some researchers had the luck to find a coin burnt into the body of a vessel, which dated the whole kiln, others made only presumption of production centers after the large amount of wasters. We all, somehow contributed to the better acquaintance of the research of ceramics from the country, changed ideas and remained with a nice memory.

16/06/2016International Conference, Newsadmin

Roman Military Equipment Conference

The nineteenth edition of the international conference entitled Roman Military Equipment Conference (ROMEC) took place in Saint Andrews, Scotland, between the 6^th and 11^st of June 2016, organized by the School of Classics of the University of St Andrews. As the title suggests, the conference was focusing on general and particular problems related to the army, armour and military equipment of the Roman era with special regards to the cavalry.

Two members of the Roman Limes Research Centre took part in this event, presenting a poster with the topic: “Newly discovered Military Equipment along the Eastern Limes of Roman Dacia”.

15/06/2016International Conference, Newsadmin

Conference about glass furnaces in Villa Borg, Saarland

In the Archaeological Park Roman Villa Borg in Saarland (Germany) specialists had been working for years on Roman glass-making experimental archaeology. This process culminated between the 11^th and 12^th of June 2016 in a conference, entitled: “Roman glass furnaces – contexts, finds and reconstructions in synthesis”. Besides many other interesting discussions, some of our team-members also held presentations about their results.

The meeting was intended to gather information about Roman glass furnaces and workshops from many provinces in order to gain new insights into this ancient industry.