Septimius Severus online talk with Dr Simon Elliot
An online discussion with Dr Simon Elliott FSA about Septimius Severus, the great warrior emperor from North Africa who died in York in AD 211 after spending the last three years of his life trying to conquer the far north of Britain.
Diving With a Purpose: The SS T.R. Thompson Project
An online talk by Tad Taberer on the discovery of the shipwreck of the SS T.R. Thompson, of diving and recording the historic steamer and of the incredible connections that followed.
The Ozengell Collection
The latest in the series on online talks hosted by the KAS, featuring KAS Curator Andy Ward discussing the Anglo-Saxon Ozengell Collection.
Dr Simon Elliot at Lympne
Archaeology in action! The ankle breaker was a nasty feature of Roman defences designed to snap the ankles of anyone attacking their strongholds! An ongoing excavation at Lympne with @kentarchaeologicalsociety_kas may have unearthed the remains of one such defence, outside of a Roman fort that overlooked the English Channel. Featuring Dr Simon Elliott.
Amazing Iron Age coin, more than 2,000 years old!
Richard Taylor shows off a Iron Age coin discovered at Lympne in southeast Kent, not far from the Channel. It reveals how people have been living and trading (with coinage) in this part of Britain since Iron Age times, before the Romans.
Sorting through ceramic building material from Lympne
Sorting through Roman Ceramic Building Material from Lympne!
Re-investigating Richborough: Correcting the Narrative
An online talk by Philip Smither on the reinvestigation of Roman Richborough.
Cheddar Man and the Genetic Prehistory of Britain
An online talk by Thomas Booth, Senior Laboratory Research Scientist at Skoglund Lab Ancient Genomics Laboratory, on ancient DNA and what we have learned about Britain 15,000-2000 years ago.
Explaining the archaeology of the Lees Court Estate 2023
General Manager Richard Taylor explaining some of the finds we recovered during our community excavation on the Lees Court Estate in 2023; valiantly joined by site dog Gus!
The Archbishops’ Palace, Otford
Charles Shee discusses the history and archaeology at the Archbishop's Palace in Otford and what the future plans are.
The Old House Project, Boxley Abbey
A playlist of some of the videos from the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Old House Project working party at Boxley Abbey; a project in association with the KAS, Maidstone Area Archaeological Group (MAAG), and Hastings Area Archaeological Research Group (HAARG).
Sharing conservation skills at historic Kent buildings
For a week in July 2022, 98 volunteers, specialists and staff of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) gathered to help at the Old House Project, and neighbouring Boxley Abbey in Kent.
Discovering Boxley Abbey: Old House Project
A recording of the talk the KAS discussing the work of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings at the Old House, Boxley supported by the Historic Buildings Special Interest Group.
Repairing an ancient abbey in Kent
In July 2021, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings returned to Boxley Abbey in Kent for a week of hands-on learning, site visits and barbecues!
Making History in Smarden
This film is about the things we do in Smarden as a local history group: our talks programme, the way in which we catalogue and preserve archives in our Heritage Centre, our research projects, our interaction with the village and the services we provide to researchers and other groups like ours.
Do things made in fifth-century Britain have ethnicity?
Professor Robin Fleming of Boston College is interviewed by KAS President Kerry Brown about her views on the application of ethnic identities to objects in the period after the Romans left Britain.
The Great British Dig: History in Your Garden
The Society’s Richard Taylor features in the team of Channel 4’s The Great British Dig.
Sorting the wheat from the chaff in Kent cropmarks
Ever wondered how to identify archaeology from the sky? Who knew that you could use your computer to scan the rural fields and valleys to spot potential archaeology that will tell you more about the landscape and heritage.
Beauchief Wreck Divers
A group from neighbouring Sussex are trying to name unknown wrecks around Beachy Head and film as many as we can when weather and visibility allows before they disappear forever.
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