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Archaeologist Sarah Schrader receives a grant to explore the evolution of stress13 February 2023Stress and overwork are massive problems today, but relatively little is known about stress factors in the past. With a look at the deep history of st...
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Archaeologist Natalia Donner receives an award from Panamanian Embassy13 February 2023In the context of Panama’s independence month, the Panamanian Embassy in the Kingdom of The Netherlands decided to recognize Natalia Donner’s contribu...
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Saxion students visit the Faculty of Archaeology02 February 2023The end of January arrived together with welcome guests from Saxion University of Applied Sciences. As a part of their two-day-long visit to South Hol...
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Greek Ambassador visits Faculty of Archaeology02 February 2023On January 17th 2023, Caterina Ghini, Ambassador of Greece to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, visited the Faculty of Archaeology. Her Excellency reach...
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Scientific breakthrough: evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants02 February 2023Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has...
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Citizen scientists discover more than 1,000 new burial mounds24 January 2023Over the past few years, citizen scientists from the Heritage Quest project have scoured the entire Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug areas for unknown a...
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What is there to do at Leiden University in 2023? Six events to look forward to20 January 2023From sponsored runs to festivals and from open days to concerts: Leiden University hosts all manner of events every year. To make sure these events ge...
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Maaike de Waal interviewed on new publication Living (World) Heritage Cities23 December 2022The LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development has interviewed Dr Maaike de Waal about the new publication of which she is one of the editors. 'Li...
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People used bearskins to keep warm 300,000 years ago23 December 2022Cut marks on the bones of bears show that people in North-West Europe used bearskins to keep warm 300,000 years ago. Archaeologists believe that a met...
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Throwback to the panel discussion about the future of archaeology22 December 2022As part of the celebrations around the 25th birthday of the Faculty of Archaeology, a panel discussion on the future of archaeology was organised on D...
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Throwback to the successful LANCE internship and job market22 December 2022On December 1, the Faculty of Archaeology hosted the LANCE internship and job market 2022 for our BA2 and BA3 students. No less than 14 Dutch commerci...
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Robotics and AI in archaeological theory and practice22 December 2022What can Robotics and AI bring to archaeological theory and practice? In return, how can archaeology contribute to the developments in robotics and AI...
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed?Reportage 20 December 2022The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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Wei Chu receives SNMAP funding for dating earliest dwelling structures in Ukraine19 December 2022At some point in the deep past the first known dwelling structures were built out of mammoth bones in a country we now know as Ukraine. Archaeologist ...
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Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition19 December 2022The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden features a small photo exhibition on Mark Driessen's fieldwork research project in Southern Jordan. In th...