Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont St, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH
UK
Playing with the Past – Archaeology and Gaming with Total War
Creative Assembly, makers of the incredibly popular PC strategy series ‘Total War’, explore how history is a rich vein of inspiration for their games and how and where the line is drawn between what makes great entertainment and historical accuracy. Discover the link between real ancient artifacts on view in the exhibition and the warships battling it out in Total War: Rome II.
Saturday 16 July, 2‒3pm
Ashmolean Museum Lecture Theatre
FREE
With Rob Bartholomew, Brand Director, Creative Assembly & Dr Alexandra Sofroniew, Ashmolean Exhibition Curator
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Part of the Ashmolean’ Storms, War and Shipwrecks Day
Saturday 16 July
Discover incredible submerged cities, meet underwater archaeologists, hear tales from the deep, handle objects, and explore how computer games are re-creating real historical warships and battles.
Activities for all ages inspired by our summer exhibition Storms, War and Shipwrecks.
Part of our Festival of Archaeology 16–28 July 2016.
All events are free and no booking is required.
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Image: Artwork for the game Rome: Total War, by Rado Javor for Creative Assembly
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