News
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New MOOC: Heritage under threat 08 July 2016
Cultural heritage throughout the world is under threat from wars, neglect and looting. Learn more about it during a free online course.
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Archaeology school in Israel 01 July 2016
Many mosaic stones and potsherds have been excavated, and a Byzantine synagogue is revealing its history layer by layer. The excavations at Horvat Kur...
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Schöningen field campaign 2016 28 June 2016
As every year the Faculty of Archaeology bioarchaeology group has visited Schöningen Germany for field research.
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Trailer MOOC Heritage under Threat 22 June 2016
This autumn The Centre for Global Heritage and Development will present a Massive Open Online Course or MOOC on the topic Heritage under Threat.
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3500 students to take part in El CID 2016 20 June 2016
A record number of students are due to part in the EL CID introduction week starting 15 August. For five days, first-year students from Leiden Univers...
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Documentaries regarding Amerindian Heritage on Hispaniola 16 June 2016
Two short documentaries by Till F. Sonnemann highlight the work conducted by Leiden archaeologists on Hispaniola as part of the Nexus1492 project.
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Hague campus to become international academic centre 09 June 2016
Within the next five years, Leiden University wants its campus in The Hague to become a leading international academic centre with research and teachi...
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Protecting cultural heritage in conflict situations 08 June 2016
Violent conflicts all over the world pose a great threat. Not only to the region’s inhabitants, but also to the cultural heritage in the area. This is...
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Neandertals revised 07 June 2016
As the flagship journal of the National Academy of Sciences USA, PNAS publishes several special features each year highlighting topics that are expect...
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Leiden strengthens ties with Latin America and Caribbean 17 May 2016
Astronomical observations in Chile, research into native heritage or the treatment of eye diseases in Brazil - Leiden is researching a large number an...
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Eleven Vidi grants for Leiden 13 May 2016
NWO has awarded eleven Leiden researchers a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros. The research subjects range from Cicero and muscle dystrophy to the archaeolo...
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Medieval women better dressed than men 25 April 2016
Women in the Middle Ages often wore better quality clothes than men. This is one of the conclusions drawn by Leiden archaeologist Chrystel Brandenburg...
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Leiden University launches Data Science research programme 14 April 2016
Leiden University is investing 4 million euros in a new Data Science research programme. This is a joint initiative of all the faculties, headed by De...
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Population size fails to explain the evolution of complex culture 04 April 2016
The logic seems inescapable indeed. The bigger the population, the higher the probability it contains an Einstein. Hence, bigger populations are more ...
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‘How much damage has Palmyra actually suffered?' 31 March 2016
Peter Akkermans, Professor of Archaeology of the Middle East, cannot say for certain how much damage the destruction by IS has caused in Palmyra.