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Portus Project and the AHRC

The Portus Project is currently hitting the headlines of AHRC online and print publications. The Project featues on the home page of the AHRC website, as a podcast interview with Professor Simon Keay and Dr Graeme Earl. Portus is also prominent as a front page and feature in the latest issue of 'Podium', the AHRC magazine. Continue reading →

Portus featured on television

Members of the Portus Project are delighted by the extent and depth of coverage of the Project across a range of different media and in different countries. Furthermore we would like to emphasise that this is a collaborative venture between the University of Southampton, the British School at Rome, the University of Cambridge and the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Ostia Antica, and to acknowledge the very generous funding provided by the Arts and Humantities Research Council. Continue reading →

CGI research at Portus

The AHRC Portus Project is partly focussed on the application and evaluation of digital technologies, and in particular the production of computer graphic models. Specifically we implement Computer Graphic Imagery following geophysical assessment, during the excavation, in the analysis of excavated and surveyed archaeology, and in the representation and debate of interpretations. Continue reading →

Portus in the News

The GuardianĀ (1 Oct. 2009) The Independent The TimesĀ (1 Oct. 2009) The Telegraph BBC BBC (Image Gallery) Daily Mail Metro The GuardianĀ (2. Oct. 2009) The GuardianĀ (Image gallery) Science Daily Blip.tv (Animation of Portus) Radio 4 interviewĀ (Interview starts at 26:36) The TimesĀ (2 Oct. 2009) Rai TVĀ (minute 30.01) Il Sole 24 Ore Abitare a Roma AGR on line Welt online Peallin CNN. Continue reading →

Environmental Finds

We have collected a large volume of environmental samples from portus, particularly this year. These largely derive from sampled contexts but we also have material recovered from the various deep drill cores conducted with our colleagues from Aix en Provence. These records will be able to tell us about the environment at Portus, and potentially food stuffs consumed, organic materials transported, connections between the port and its hinterland, and a host of other information. Continue reading →