📣 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗲𝘀: 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺, 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲

Check out What’s On page on our website for details of some great events walks & talks in September. oldlowlight.co.uk ⁦I Love North Shields⁩ ⁦TWhitleyBay⁩ ⁦Tynemouth⁩ ⁦Northumberland & Durham historical docs⁩ ⁦Living Well North Tyneside⁩

News | @historicengland Chair says historic buildings could be repurposed into 670,000 homes across the country museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/…

Exciting news Roman fans! From tomorrow (Wed 4 Sep), we're reopening the Roman Frontier Gallery on the basement floor of the museum. See stunning objects from the Tullie collection alongside loans from the British Museum & learn all about life on the northern edge

Only just heard about this upcoming event on the history of collecting UCL next week- it sounds great ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-a…

Coverage of #BrandiersKilnProject from our friends at Time Team is now on YouTube: youtu.be/1omh6V5iZtA?fe… And keep a lookout for a little Time Team feature on the excavation, coming later in the year…! 🥰 🔥 ⚱ #Roman #Archaeology #TVarchteam #WellDoneEveryone #FameAtLast

Well, here it is - a torc found in 1848 & which has rarely been seen off display. It was last written about in 1936 & until now, there were only a few images of it. I give you the Needwood Forest torc in all its glory. #Archaeology #Gold #Torcs bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/09/04/the…

Get me your castle-y submissions for next year’s Leeds IMC! Castle Studies Group Castle Studies Trust could you RT pls?

Next week! The Galloway Hoard: A Decade of Discovery To mark the 10th anniversary of its discovery, National Museums Scotland are hosting an online event with Andy Nicholson, Mary Davis, Dr Alexandra Makin FSA FRHistS and me, hosted by Sally Magnusson Book your FREE place now: nms.ac.uk/events/the-gal…

Oh look, its a spiral staircase Newark Castle which *doesn't* turn clockwise to advantage right-handed defenders... cos that story was invented in 1902 by the art critic Theodore Cook 🤓🏰🤺 For more Historic Building Mythbusting please do see my book... …iskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/historic-build…

Recreating the Hallaton #RomanCavalry Helmet the-past.com/feature/roman-…

New Ancients Ep! 🚨 THE ROMANS AND INDIA 🚨 🎙️ William Dalrymple 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0RSacQ… 💥 India was the largest trading partner of the Roman Empire! 💥 We explore how ancient India exported its diverse ideas far and wide, from the Red Sea to the Pacific! 💥 & more!

Spotted these burn marks on the wall plate in Newark yesterday. Their location way above head height & right underneath the rafters indicates just how unlikely the conventional explanation of these as accidental candle burns is. For more on their purpose: …iskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/historic-build…

Pockerley Old Hall is givinggg 😍 Beamish Museum

this is immaculate Beamish Museum

The next GAS lecture will be a cracker, with Edward Stewart talking about the fantastic work he is doing with UofG Archaeology colleagues & many other collaborators at Glencoe. Details below.

Most of the ones you see of this design are very worn or corroded and Sam Moorhead (coin guru) always recommends if you can see too many legs it's probably "soldier spearing fallen horseman", sound advice as always

Heartwood, a series of tree prints, printed from a disc of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree, will be exhibited at Queen's Hall from today until 19 October. Created by Shona Branigan, the artworks are part of a National Trust programme of legacy work. ℹ️ queenshall.co.uk/whats-on/heart…

This year we lost a great archaeological theorists in Chris Tilley. To think about the relevance of his work today Rachel Crellin, Julian Thomas & I are putting a session on TAG45 @ Bournemouth. If you’re interested in giving a paper we’d love to hear from you! tag2024.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/s1-…

Breaking News! The new roof over the mosaic has been completed so the Mosaic Room will be open over the weekend for the Open Days 7/8 September from 11am to 4pm. The site is free and you can see the conservation in action works in progress.