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The Museum of Antiquities is the joint museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the principal museum of archaeology in north east England. Come to the Museum’s web pages to experience The Virtual Mithraeum: A temple to the Roman god Mithras. Click the button for Wallnet: the Hadrian’s Wall Education Website. Click another button and go to Flints and Stones, an exhibition which takes you to the world of the Late Stone Age hunter gatherers. Next view and learn about popular “Objects of the Month.” These include Carved and Inscribed Stones, Ceramics, Metalwork, Personal and Ornamental Objects, and Coins. Metal objects include a Bronze Axehead, a Capheaton Hanging Bowl, a Dodecahedron, a Helmet Cheek Piece, a Reaverhill Bronze Dagger, a South Shields Harness Mount, and a Bronze Age Shield. The carved and inscribed stones include Alnmouth Cross Shaft, the Head of Antenociticus, the Bremenium Dedication Slab, the Doddington Cist Cover, a Hadrianic Building Inscription, the Temple of Mithras, the Tombstone of Aurelius, the Tynemouth Cross Shaft, the Statue of Heracles, the Cup Marked Rock, the Tomb of Anicius, and more. The last highlight of this web page is “Armamentarium: The Book of Roman Arms and Armour.”

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