The Best Finds from the 1995 Excavation Season
Temporary exhibition, BTM Aquincum Museum, Museum building
April 15, 1996 - October 31

On the occasion of its 102 exhibition season, the Aquincum Museum begins a new tradition in its temporary exhibits. A selection of the artifacts brought to light in the previous years will be displayed in the section of the permanent exhibit area previously dedicated to the museum's history. In terms of quantity of artifacts found, the 1995 archaeological season may be considered average. The Roman past of the Capital was followed through 16 excavations directed by 6 archaeologists at the Museum. These excavations were mainly concentrated on the southern and western edge of the Roman period Military Town as well as in the area of the Civil Town.
Aside from vessel fragments, circa 300 complete objects were found, mostly from graves. Most of the 120 cremation, and inhumation graves come from the cemetery running along Bécsi Road and the burial grounds surrounding the Military Town. One part of the burials from the cemeteries found along Lajos Street were enclosed on walled graveyards. One of these is decorated by a scene of the Wolf of the Capitolium with Romulus and Remus. Some of the graves contained a rich jewelry finds which thanks to speedy restoration work can now be displayed in our exhibition.

Exhibition Director:
Annamária Facsády

Exhibition Publication:
Aquincumi Füzetek 2 (Aquincum Notes 2) Aquincum - Excavations and rescue work at the Aquincum Museum in 1995. Budapest 1996, Ed. P.Zsidi

Aquincum at the time of the Conquest. What did the ruler, Árpád, find of "Attila's city" in Óbudá in AD 896?
Temporary exhibit, BTM Aquincum Museum, protective building for the "House of the Painter"
September 12 - October 31, 1996

Our small exhibition represents a small but valuable part of the millecentenarium celebrations on the 1100 anniversary of the Conquest. Here the find material, lifeways and, State apparatus of the conquering Hungarian culture are not given prominence. With the help of written sources and drawings as well as the results from excavation work we have tried to present the environment - what could be somewhat loosely called the "scenery" - which greeted the Conquerors in what is today modern Budapest, especially in the area of Óbuda.
Much of the face of many modern European cities was influenced by their Roman heritage over many centuries until the present. It affected Medieval town structure, the road networks in towns and the development of trade routes. The part of Hungary which had been inhabited by the Romans, Transdanubia, was not exception to this pattern. When the Conquerors crossed over the Danube by Budapest they would have encountered significant monuments, and monumental remains. In our exhibition we have attempted to bring alive the moment when these two cultures, separated by many centuries from each other, met using the documents available to us.

Exhibition director:
Klára Póczy

Exhibit publication:
Klára Póczy: Aquincum at the time of the Conquest. What did the ruler, Árpád, find of "Attila's city" in Óbudá in AD 896?
Budapest, 1996