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On Thursday October 18th, 2018, Glasgow Archaeological Society will be kicking off our annual lecture programme with two guest speakers.
Each year, Glasgow Archaeological Society organises and hosts a series of monthly lectures by speakers from Britain and abroad, which runs from October through to April. We are now pleased to announce our new lecture programme for 2018-2019.
Despite the propaganda of invincibility, Germany under the National Socialists, 1933-1945, did take defensive precautions against war. This is the story of the elaborate complex constructed in 1939 in Nuremberg, which successfully preserved the City’s art and historic treasures.
Read more: Presidential Lecture: The Art Bunker in Nuremberg
On Saturday, September 1st, 2018, Glasgow Archaeological Society will be holding our second summer excursion. This time we will be visiting the beautiful town of Kirkcudbright and Dundrennan Abbey.
Read more: GAS Excursion: Kirkcudbright and Dundrennan Abbey
Our visit to the Royal Kingdom of Fife, began at the Abbey which was founded by Queen Margaret of Scotland and was established as a great Benedictine abbey by her son, David I in 1128. It is the final resting place of some of Scotland’s greatest medieval monarchs.
The Must Farm Settlement was first discovered in 1999, revealing the remains of an exceptionally well-preserved Late Bronze Age settlement in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.