In the media
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Archaeologist Andrew Sorensen on Dutch TV on prehistoric BBQ19 July 2019The Dutch TV programme Keuringsdienst van Waarde investigated the origin of BBQ taste. Prehistoric fire expert Andrew Sorensen was invited to explain ...
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Osteoarchaeology Laboratory takes centre stage in student video on osteology19 June 2019Our MSc in Human Osteology student Judyta Olszewski, together with Raven Todd Da Silva, made the first of a series of videos on the study of human bon...
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'Small brewers show how craft principles could reshape the economy – but they’re under threat'21 March 2019In order for the economy to become sustainable, a shift in how we think about production is required. Archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catalin Popa,...
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'Eastern Desert tombs reflect successful culture adapted to harsh environment’13 March 2019The Jordan Times interviewed professor Peter Akkermans about this research on ancient tombs in Jordan's Eastern Desert. “The evidence of this flourish...
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Ancient populations pioneered the idea of recycling waste09 January 2019The circular economy is typically seen as the progressive alternative to our wasteful linear economy, where raw materials are used to make the product...
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Digging into stone age secrets09 January 2019Archaeologist Dr Gerrit Dusseldorp's research project was covered by a South African newspaper. Dusseldorp and his team investigate the evolution of h...
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Archaeologist Sada Mire hosts radio and TV programmes14 December 2018Somali archaeology in Somaliland takes centre stage in a BBC World Service radio programme and a China Global Television Networks (CGTN) programme, bo...
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Siberian 'unicorn' takes centre stage in radio interview10 December 2018The publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution about the so-called Siberian unicorns took centre stage in a Dutch radio interview.
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Wil Roebroeks interviewed about new discoveries Borneo: "This killed Eurocentric views on early rock art"08 November 2018In a remote cave on the Indonesian island of Borneo, a series of rock art paintings have been discovered. The oldest painting might be the oldest-know...
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Burial mound research in National Geographic Historia18 October 2018Quentin Bourgeois and Luc Amrkeutz were interviewed for an National Geographic Historia article about the burial mound research in the Veluwe.
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Devastation of the Museu Nacional Brazil: “I have no words to say how horrible this is.”11 September 2018On Sunday September 2, the Museu Nacional of Brazil was destroyed by fire. It is estimated that 90 percent of the collection is lost. National Geograp...
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Archaeologist Meliam Gaspar interviewed about isolated indigenous groups by Dutch news show27 August 2018On the occassion of the appearance of new drone footage of indigenous groups living isolated in the Amazon rainforest, Meliam Gaspar was interviewed b...
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Maritime archaeologist Martijn Manders on National Geographic channel17 August 2018On Sunday August 19, the National Geographic channel programme 'Drain the Oceans' will focus on Martijn Manders' excavation of the Dutch VOC ship De R...
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Heritage specialist Mariana de Campos Françozo interviewed by EURAXESS09 May 2018
EURAXESS asked Mariana de Campos Françozo about her current research conducted with an ERC Starting Grant. "Perhaps the most important benefit of the ...
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Luc Janssens and Thijs van Kolfschoten in National Geographic01 March 2018Leiden PhD candidate and vet Luc Janssens discovered that a dog found at the start of the last century in a grave dating back 14,000 years had been si...