We're heading into Roman Britain and into the bodies of some ancient Romans as we talk to Bryan Rhodes about these Roman surgical forceps. What did the Romans believe about the human body and what can rare objects like this one tell us about what a Roman would face on the operating table over 1,500 years ago?
82. Hornby Castle Print
81. Rembrandt Intaglio Election Print
80. Nicholsons Shipbuilder’s Stencil
79. 9th Century Mount
78. China Lane Photograph
77. Silver Seal Matrix
76. Canal Subscription Notebook
75. Super Swimming Stadium Model
74. Lead Flax Seal
73. Chatsworth Logbook
72. Watercolour of Heysham and Ibo Boy
71. Grand Theatre Photograph
70. Market People Crossing Lancaster Sands by David Cox
69. Sun Gods Photograph
68. Labour Demonstration Postcard
67. Sam Thompson Photograph of William Townley
66. Victoria Wood Photograph
65. Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead
64. Thomas Hutton Rawlinson Portrait
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