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The museum is part of the University of Reading's University Museums and Special Collections Services (UMASCS), and is located in and works closely with the university's Department of Classics. The museum is situated on the university's Whiteknights Campus, about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the centre of the English town of Reading, Berkshire. [1]
Amy C. Smith is the current Curator of the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology and Professor of Classical Archaeology at Reading University. [1] She is known for her work on iconography , the history of collections, and digital museology .
The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading , a University of Oxford extension college. [ 7 ] The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 1926 by royal charter from King George V and was the only university to receive such a ...
Matthew C. Nicholls (born 1978) is visiting professor of classics at the University of Reading and senior tutor at St John's College, University of Oxford. [1] He is a specialist in libraries in the Roman empire and the history of the city of Rome. [2]
University of Reading Steven Mithen , FBA , FSA , FSA Scot (born 16 October 1960) is an archaeologist . [ 1 ] He is noted for his work on the evolution of language, music and intelligence, prehistoric hunter-gatherers, and the origins of farming.
Found by a farmworker in the 18th century, they are named after the place where they were buried, Herculaneum — an ancient Roman town to the south of Pompei i that was also destroyed by the blast.
Emma Dench, British ancient historian, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University; Peter Geach, British analytic philosopher, Professor of Logic at the University of Leeds, husband of G E M Anscombe (above) John Murray Gibbon, Canadian writer; Barbara Hammond, English social historian, first woman to take a double first
Susanna Elm, a professor of history and ancient Greek and Roman studies at the University of California, Berkeley, told Harper’s Bazaar that men’s fascination may be credited to ideas around ...