![Sarre or Bifrons cemetery knife](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710324695581-AK3ARW81262T2LYM5JAV/2023-12-01-post-sarre_or_bifrons_cemetery_knife-KAS.TEMP.2012.147-edit.jpg)
Sarre or Bifrons cemetery knife
KAS Curator Andy Ward shares an Anglo-Saxon knife with crisscrossed inlaid gold, silver and copper decoration.
![Paleolithic flint tool illustrations by Benjamin Harrison](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710325199361-3COYGUVGAVZDRXHFINKU/2023-11-24-post-aw-benjamin_harrison_flint_illustrations-fig_2.jpg)
Paleolithic flint tool illustrations by Benjamin Harrison
Today is National Illustration Day and so for this week's #FindsFriday KAS Curator Andy Ward showcases a small sample of the wonderful illustrations of Benjamin Harrison.
![Samian Ware from Hartlip Roman Villa](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710325517657-RVA4IYLLQQYML9QVC1Y9/2023-11-14-post-aw-hartlip_roman_villa_samian_ware-thumbnail.png)
Samian Ware from Hartlip Roman Villa
Curator Andy Ward highlights another element of the temporary exhibition at Maidstone Museum The Story of the KAS due to finish at the beginning of December.
![Minster Roman villa finds](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710325670247-4WD9Y8IHIHGM63MBJYMG/2023-11-06-post-aw-minster_roman_villa_finds-fig_2_mosaic_floors.jpg)
Minster Roman villa finds
Its #MuseumMonday! As part of our ongoing highlight of objects in our temporary display at Maidstone Museums we are focusing on one of the society's first training excavations.
![Iron adze tool from Lullingstone Park](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710325885068-1FOIYTO0KY2PY65SVFX7/2023-10-27-aw-finds_friday-iron_adze_from_lullingstone_park-fig.jpg)
Iron adze tool from Lullingstone Park
Curator Andy Ward shares an iron adze tool recovered during excavations at Lullingstone Park.
![Bronze Age plaque decorated with Nereids (Sea Nymphs)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710325773660-U73LKGTBXSHOZ9DQDPHY/2023-10-30-aw-museum_monday-bronze_age_plaque_decorated_with_neroid-fig.jpg)
Bronze Age plaque decorated with Nereids (Sea Nymphs)
It's #MuseumMonday and this time Curator Andy Ward showcases a find from the very start of the Kent Archaeological Society!
![Elham pendant](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/51378513-0605-4bba-a7b7-54ae80dc19f8/2023-10-23-aw-museum_monday-elham_pendant-fig_2.jpg)
![Northfleet francisca](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710326276570-8F0TH9KU9M1BIXXH7N0M/2023-10-10-aw-curators_corner-early_medieval_inlaid_weaponry-Image+3+Northfleet+Francisca.jpg)
Northfleet francisca
It's #MuseumMonday! Curator Andy Ward shares the Northfleet Francisca (throwing axe).
![Blue glass beads from Trosley Roman villa](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710326420352-NX26XOOSPKYYWKIYPU3S/2023-09-15-aw-finds_friday-blue_glass_beads_from_trosley_roman_villa-fig_1.jpg)
Blue glass beads from Trosley Roman villa
KAS Curator Andy Ward shares a small blue glass bead recovered during excavations at Trosley Court.
![Blue glass beads from Trosley Roman villa (continued)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710326420352-NX26XOOSPKYYWKIYPU3S/2023-09-15-aw-finds_friday-blue_glass_beads_from_trosley_roman_villa-fig_1.jpg)
Blue glass beads from Trosley Roman villa (continued)
A follow up post from Curator Andy Ward on the blue glass bead from the Trosley Court Heritage Project excavations.
![Unguentarium (perfume bottle) from Trosley Roman villa](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710326343517-VIO8B5WUSJTN77BFR86C/2023-09-22-aw-finds_friday-perfume_bottle_from_trosley_court-fig_7.jpg)
Unguentarium (perfume bottle) from Trosley Roman villa
Followers of our project at Trosley Court may remember that last week we lifted a partially intact Unguentarium or perfume bottle! It was quite exciting to help lift this from the soil for the first time in nearly 2000 years.