Posts by venue: Ancient History

Africans on Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site

Ancient History   Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Collections & Objects   Local History   Segedunum Roman Fort
Posted by administrator on October 28, 2020     Permalink     Leave a comment

Written by Bill Griffiths, Head of Programmes & Collections and Alex Croom, Keeper of Archaeology. During the Roman period Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site was an incredibly diverse place, with soldiers, and civilians from right across the Roman Empire based… Read more

The Lead Shrine

Ancient History   Archaeology   Collections & Objects   Local History   Segedunum Roman Fort
Posted by administrator on June 30, 2020     Permalink     Leave a comment

Keeper of Archaeology, Alex Croom takes an in-depth look at the Lead Shrine, on display at Segedunum Roman Fort & Museum. This lead shrine from Wallsend Roman Fort is one of only three in Britain that still retain its central… Read more

The Victor Tombstone

Ancient History   Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Collections & Objects   Local History
Posted by administrator on May 13, 2020     Permalink     Comments (2)

Keeper of Archaeology, Alex Croom takes an in-depth look at the Victor tombstone, on display at Arbeia South Shields Roman Fort. To read Alex’s accompanying piece about the Regina tombstone, click here. This is the tombstone of Victor the Moor… Read more

My visit to Iraq, 2019, by Andrew Parkin, keeper of archaeology

Ancient History   Archaeology   Great North Museum: Hancock   Travel
Posted by administrator on April 15, 2020     Permalink     Leave a comment

With the temporary closure of the Great North Museum: Hancock due to Covid-19, visitors cannot physically access our current exhibition Ancient Iraq: new discoveries, which highlights some amazing archaeological stories from that country.  As a museum curator I was lucky enough to visit… Read more