Tag Archives: Bronze Age

Beakers and Bodies

Posted on August 23, 2016 by uoamuseums

The latest issue of British Archaeology features and image from the University of Aberdeen Museums collections; a stone cist excavated in 1923 at Upper Mains of Catterline, Aberdeenshire (former Kincardineshire) which holds the remains of a man and a beaker. An article … Continue reading →

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Spooky Spotlight – The Witching hour

Posted on October 31, 2014 by uoamuseums

Welcome to a week of Spooky Spotlights! To celebrate Halloween we will be delving into the Museum’s collections and putting the spotlight on the terrifyingly gruesome & frighteningly peculiar objects that lurk in the stores… An enduring Halloween icon is the witch, so the … Continue reading →

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A Stab from the Past – Object of the Month

Posted on August 5, 2014 by uoamuseums

For August’s Object of the Month student curator Christopher Dobbs tells us more about his favourite object on display at the King’s Museum student curated exhibition Victorian Time Spirit of the Age My favourite object on display is the Leaf-Bladed Bronze Sword (see below) … Continue reading →

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