🚨 New Ancients Ep! 🚨

THE RISE OF MARK ANTONY, with Prof. Jeffrey Tatum

💥 His early years - a 'party boy'!

💥 His early service in the Roman army, fighting in Syria

💥 Ally of Julius Caesar during the Gallic and Civil Wars!

💥 And much more!

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We’ve gone interactive with our grant acknowledgement at the Roman Army Museum for our Magna project. We want our visitors to engage with our funders by lighting our indoor beacon, sending a message of thanks 🙌🏻 The National Lottery Heritage Fund #HeritageFund

Kennel-worth Castle #FamouslyContained

Next Finds Surgery coming up - this time in Rhyl Museum Rhyl Museum come along and say hello - here is all the information you need #ResponsibleDetecting #RecordYourFinds Portable Antiquities

Check out this 🧵 from Megan for a brilliant deeper dive into where we’re up to with our excavations since 2018.

We’ve done loads, but still a few more secrets to uncover this year!

For such an iconic pottery style, Roman Samina Ware is surprisingly misunderstood, and we are here to help you expand your understanding and become a true expert in this stunning pottery style. Book your place on our Vindilanda pottery workshop here buff.ly/4bF5PeD

Join us on 14 June, 6 – 8 pm, for Great North Nights: Mind and The Muse, where we uncover hidden architecture of cities past and present and explore form and function through culture, design, and artefacts. £8 (+ booking fee), booking is essential. greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/great…

A great exhibition by my wonderful colleague, do go and see it!

Job vacancy - Discovery Point is looking for a Business Planning Consultant to produce a Business Plan for the ‘Discovery Point Transformed’ project including studies on: catering; and ROI on environmental works. Closing date 21 June: aim-museums.co.uk/vacancies/busi…

Take a read of another super fascinating blog here from Immortal Egypt

…and I’m not just saying that because it’s about my home town of Wigan 😉

So much I didn’t know, and images I’ve never seen before. Brilliant! #AlwaysLearning

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Coming up!!

A free talk about the #Romans in Sutton Bonington on 6 June - check learn about what we uncovered and see artefacts from our excavation at Park Lane.

Where: Sutton Bonington Village Hall
When: Thursday 6 June at 7.30pm

Come early to avoid disappointment!

Join the fun this half-term holiday! We're turning fingerprints into cartoon characters and making pin badges! 🖐️✨ Fire your imagination from 10am to 4pm all week. 🎨 Get all the details and book your tickets at visitnesm.org.uk. Don't miss out! 😊 #Sheffield #WhatsOn

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We're delighted to share the newest edition of our Annual Research Report (2023-24), showing how our research supports decision making, finds solutions for urgent environmental challenges, & provides new knowledge for interpretation. Download & read here: nt.iro.bl.uk/concern/report…

Unleash your creativity at our pottery workshops! No experience needed. Join master potter Graham Taylor for an in-depth exploration of history and art. Book your place now and be part of this exciting workshop. buff.ly/4bF5PeD

Experience an Edwardian childhood & play with traditional toys in The 1900s Pit Village as part of our half term event (until 02/06/24)
Host a teddy bears picnic, skip, play with wooden toys then don’t forget to head out into the school playground – can you master the booler?

Bronze Age Boat Build on the BBC again!

As we approach the big launch event on the 21st July at Stanwick Lakes, we have been really lucky to have had such amazing coverage.

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The architectural features of the bathhouse at the Roman fort of Chesters on Hadrian's Wall are quite astounding - you can still see locker niches, door frames and high walls at this remarkably well-preserved site #RomanFortThursday

2 days left of exhibition by Linda Kay - Fri 31 & Sat 1 June 10am - 3pm. Opportunity to own a painting of somewhere you know. North Tyneside Art Studio ⁦Emily Ward⁩ ⁦Joanne Wishart | Artist & Gallery 💙⁩ ⁦Helix Arts⁩ ⁦mick oxley gallery⁩ ⁦Bridekirk Fine Art 💙⁩ ⁦Laing Art Gallery⁩

Do you read Italian? Do you like early -medieval artefacts? Check out our new paper on metal objects from the upland hut of Busa delle Vette (Dolomites), published in Archeologia Medievale (one of our objects made it onto the cover!!) Archaeology at NCL
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