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Archaeology students find 7th-century gravesTwo graves dating from the 7th century have been discovered during an archaeological excavation in Leiden. One of the graves was found by a student of...
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Leiden University Fund awards grantsOver thirty research projects have been awarded a grant from the Leiden University Fund (LUF). The academics each receive a sum of between 5,000 and 2...
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How can you rescue clay tablets from the war in Syria?On 7 June, the National Museum of Antiquities opened a mini exhibition 'Scanning for Syria'. The exhibition shows how Leiden archaeologists and Delft ...
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Role play in Maritime Archaeology classThis academic year Martijn Manders taught the course of Maritime Archaeology and cultural heritage management for the 8th year. Manders tries to make ...
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From practical cookbook session to practical research sessionHow do I conduct research? How do I structure, conduct and record what I’ve thought of and done? The Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences Programme didn’t just...
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Simulating the prehistoric use of fire through computer modelsArchaeologists often use the percentages of heat-affected stone or bone artifacts found at archaeological sites as a way to determine how frequently f...
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From a lecture to a whole day of archaeology field techniquesUntil last year the Archaeology Field Techniques programme for first-year students consisted of a number of two-hour lectures. Now they spend a whole ...
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Lewis Borck's Leiden experience: "Theories and methods brought me in first"One and half years ago, Lewis Borck exchanged the arid and hot Southwest of the USA for the Netherlands. While an expert in Ancestral Pueblo and Hohok...
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Heritage specialist Mariana de Campos Françozo interviewed by EURAXESSEURAXESS 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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Subsidy for digitalisation of Tell Deir Alla fieldworkThe Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) accepted the request for subsidy to digitise the archive of the archaeological fieldwork at Tell Deir...
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Archaeology students explore visual culture with artworksIn a creative assignment as a part of the bachelor's course Visual Culture, students explored the impact and complexity of visual culture by means of ...
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Exhibition Archaeology&ME at Leiden Central StationWhat 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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New Faculty Board: a focus on communityThe Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed the new Board for the Faculty of Archaeology. Read more about their plans for the future of the...
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National Museum of Antiquities: 200-year partnership with Leiden UniversityFrom 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 SudanA unique archeological find near Tombos in Northern Sudan. Archaeologist Sarah Schrader from Leiden University, working with a team of international r...