Reading Museum
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Reading Museum is a museum of the history of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire, and the surrounding area. It is accommodated within Reading Town Hall, and contains galleries desc
The entrance to the Reading Museum within Reading Town Hall
The Bayeux Tapestry Gallery
The Bayeux Tapestry Gallery
The Green Space Gallery
The Eagle of the Ninth
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The Eagle of the Ninth is a historical adventure novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1954. The story is set in Roman Britain in the 2nd century AD, after the building of W
Reading Museum
…other information on life in the Roman town. This includes the bronze Silchester eagle that was immortalised by Rosemary Sutcliff in her children's book The Eagle of the Ninth, first published in 1954. The Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum was excavated in the 1860s, unearthing a diversity of finds including jewellery, fine…
First edition
The Silchester eagle