{"id":664,"date":"2013-09-23T19:51:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T19:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thanetarch.co.uk\/journal\/?p=664"},"modified":"2013-09-23T19:51:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T19:51:23","slug":"dig-for-three-days-2013-day-three-brings-in-the-eagle-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thanetarch.co.uk\/journal\/?p=664","title":{"rendered":"Dig for Three Days 2013 &#8211; Day Three brings in the Eagle Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our three days of Roman themed digging came to an end on the 19th of September with 16 groups of local school children coming through the entrance of our Dig and Discover tent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-666\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-666\" alt=\"Our Dig and Discover area at Dig for Three Days\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thanetarch.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/dig_and_discover_area.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Dig and Discover area at Dig for Three Days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over 240 children took part in the activities on the final day, being introduced to the finds that archaeologists use to discover new information on how and where the Romans lived in Thanet.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-665\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-665\" alt=\"Dig for Three Days - Roman activities for Thanet Schools\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thanetarch.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DF3D_composite.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dig for Three Days &#8211; Roman activities for Thanet Schools<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>The session began with a display of real Roman artefacts found in Thanet and then a hands on dig to get a feel for what it is like to find ancient objects buried in the ground and how archaeologists piece together the finds and their ideas about the Romans into the story of Roman Britain.<\/p>\n<p>The teams of diggers even got a brief lesson in Latin, learning the words used by the Romans for their roof tiles and special pottery vessels.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-668\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-668 \" alt=\"Commitatus cavalry display\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thanetarch.co.uk\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/commitatus_horsemen-300x287.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cavalry display by Roman reenactment group Commitatus<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIt wasn&#8217;t the end of the Roman activities for the week though, and as we packed up our finds, Roman reenactment group Commitatus were bringing their tents, equipment and even horses on to the field to begin two days of displays and activities, ending with the Eagle festival on Saturday 21st of September\u00a0 when Commitatus gave two displays to the public of Roman gladiatorial combat and horesemanship.<\/p>\n<p>The children of Bradstow School gave their performance of the Eagle of the Ninth and the day ended with multi-media performance of the Eagle on Broadstairs beach and a spectacular fireworks display to end the festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our three days of Roman themed digging came to an end on the 19th of September with 16 groups of local school children coming through the entrance of our Dig and Discover tent. 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