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The House of Venus: living it up in late Roman Volubilis (virtual event)

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Lectures and Seminars
Location
Zoom
Speakers
Dr Susan Walker (Emeritus Fellow)
Event type
Lectures and Seminars
Booking Required
Required
Contact name
Liz Baird
Contact email
archives@wolfson.ox.ac.uk

Dr Susan Walker FSA is an Honorary Curator of the Ashmolean Museum, where she was Sackler Keeper of Antiquities from 2004-2014. She specialises in the art and archaeology of the Roman Empire. Her interests range from Britain, where she is currently working on the publication of excavations at Steane Park, Brackley, to North Africa, where she has contributed to a website of mummy portraits from Roman Egypt that are undergoing scientific research. Her latest publication is ‘The House of Venus at Volubilis: a late Roman residence?’ in E. Fentress and H. Limane (eds.), Volubilis après Rome. Les fouilles UCL/INSAP, 2000-2005 (Brill: Leiden, 2018), 38-50. This event is organised as part of the Old Wolves series but is open to all.