![IMG_5816 The castle of Colchester is the largest keep ever built by the Normans; its huge size is explained by its construction over the ruins of a former roman...](thumbs/IMG_5816.webp)
The castle of Colchester is the largest keep ever built by the Normans; its huge size is explained by its construction over the ruins of a former roman…
![IMG_5769 The Colchester Sphinx is a Roman sculpture that marked the site of a grave alongside the main road from Colchester to London. A sphinx is a mythological...](thumbs/IMG_5769.webp)
The Colchester Sphinx is a Roman sculpture that marked the site of a grave alongside the main road from Colchester to London. A sphinx is a mythological…
![IMG_5771 Colchester vase, found in a roman grave, ca 175 AD, probably made in Colchester. Four gladiators are depicted along with four names.](thumbs/IMG_5771.webp)
Colchester vase, found in a roman grave, ca 175 AD, probably made in Colchester. Four gladiators are depicted along with four names.
![IMG_5779 The first human beings arrived in present-day Great Britain in 500000 BC. 300000 years ago, a group of people in Clacton lived from hunting and fishing. These...](thumbs/IMG_5779.webp)
The first human beings arrived in present-day Great Britain in 500000 BC.
300000 years ago, a group of people in Clacton lived from hunting and fishing. …
300000 years ago, a group of people in Clacton lived from hunting and fishing. …
![IMG_5784 Bronze head of a griffin, imported, from a bowl fittin, found in the Lexden tumulus, the richest grave from the iron age. In around 10BC the cremated remains of...](thumbs/IMG_5784.webp)
Bronze head of a griffin, imported, from a bowl fittin, found in the Lexden tumulus, the richest grave from the iron age. In around 10BC the cremated remains…
![IMG_5788 Figurines used as household ornaments in a grave of a wealthy Roman, 55 AD. The Romans started their conquest of England in 43 BC and established their capital...](thumbs/IMG_5788.webp)
Figurines used as household ornaments in a grave of a wealthy Roman, 55 AD.
The Romans started their conquest of England in 43 BC and established their…
The Romans started their conquest of England in 43 BC and established their…