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Exhibition Archaeology&ME at Leiden Central Station 04 May 2018
What triggers archaeology in you? Over 300 people show their answer in the travelling, pop-up exhibition ‘Archaeology&ME’, which can be visited at Lei...
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National Museum of Antiquities: 200-year partnership with Leiden University 30 April 2018
From Caspar Reuvens to the royal grave in Oss, and from ancient images in the Hortus to a table from Naturalis. The National Museum of Antiquities is ...
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Leiden archaeologist discovers unique ancient horse grave in Sudan 25 April 2018
A unique archeological find near Tombos in Northern Sudan. Archaeologist Sarah Schrader from Leiden University, working with a team of international r...
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4000-year-old clay tablets in a hypermodern scanner 24 April 2018
Ancient clay tablets, between 2,500 and 4,000 years old, bearing cuneiform script have been scanned using a micro-CT-scanner at Delft University of Te...
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Heritage project showcased in EU brochure 11 April 2018
In the EU brochure 'Creative Europe: rediscovering our cultural heritage' 15 successful heritage projects are presented. Among these projects is NEARC...
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Neandertal genome from Les Cottés site sequenced 27 March 2018
On March 21 2018, a study was published in Nature, co-authored by Professor M. Soressi from the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University, announcin...
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'Stephen Hawking put abstract science on the map' 14 March 2018
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (76) passed away on 14 March at his home in Cambridge, having been a long-term sufferer of the muscular disease ...
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200 years Archaeology 08 March 2018
200 years ago, in 1818, Caspar Reuvens was appointed Professor in Archaeology at Leiden University. This was effectively the start of the academic stu...
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Jet Bussemaker: ‘Emotions always run high in discussions on female emancipation' 08 March 2018
At the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture on 8 March, former Minister of Education Jet Bussemaker expressed her surprise at the commotion again raised by ...
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Fourteen women professors take over the Senate Chamber 07 March 2018
Fourteen women professors are to be given a place in the classic portrait gallery in Leiden University’s Senate Chamber. The portraits will be unveile...
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Rescue excavations in the Caribbean 02 March 2018
Alongside the incredible devastation brought by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the fall of 2017, the storms have had an extremely damaging effect on the...
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Traces of indigenous "Taíno" found in present-day Caribbean populations 22 February 2018
A thousand-year-old tooth has provided genetic evidence that the so-called "Taíno", the first indigenous Americans to feel the full impact of European...
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Ancient DNA reveals impact of the “Beaker Phenomenon” on prehistoric Europeans 20 February 2018
In the largest study of ancient DNA ever conducted, an international team of scientists has revealed the complex story behind one of the defining peri...
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Dental analysis gives unique insight in life of enslaved African 15 February 2018
A new study published in Archaeometry describes the unexpected results obtained from analyses of five human teeth discovered in a ritual cache at an ...
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Skull 'oldest Dutchman' retrieved from North Sea bed 14 February 2018
A fragment of a human skull from the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) and a decorated bison bone, both from the North Sea ...