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Archaeologist Alex Geurds becomes member of Society of Antiquaries: ‘It is an honor bestowed for life’ 10 December 2021
Dr Alex Geurds was elected as a Fellow for the Society of Antiquaries, a prestigious and old educational charity based in London. Established in 1707,...
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Mysterious metal depositions were ‘the most ordinary thing in the world’ 06 December 2021
In Bronze Age Europe many bronze objects such as axes, swords and jewels were deliberately left at specific spots in the landscape. PhD research by Le...
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'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome 17 November 2021
Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (lon...
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Genetics proves it: Indo-European did not come to Europe on horseback 20 October 2021
Horses were first domesticated in South-West Russia, is the conclusion drawn by an international team of researchers writing in the well-respected jou...
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David Fontijn was nominated for University Teaching Prize: ‘I cut my online lectures in manageable chunks’ 22 September 2021
Archaeologist David Fontijn was nominated for the University Teaching Prize. His students nominated him for this award for his innovative ways of onli...
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Holding the Byvanck Chair in times of corona 02 July 2021
Professor Caroline Vout, Cambridge University, was awarded the Leiden University Byvanck Chair in 2020. In a pre-Covid-19 world, the Byvanck Chair wou...
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Archaeologists receive funding for science communication: ‘We want to change the public image of archaeology’ 10 May 2021
A diverse team of Leiden archaeologists applied for, and was awarded, the KNAW ‘Appreciated!’ grant, meant to further their science communication ende...
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Seven Leiden professors elected new members of KNAW 28 April 2021
Seven Leiden professors have been elected as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). In total 23 new members will be ina...
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics 15 April 2021
For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connect...
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First generation of students graduate from Applied Archaeology: ‘It is a peculiar and wonderful specialisation.’ 09 April 2021
In 2019, Federico Cappadona was one of the first students to enroll in the new master’s specialisation Applied Archaeology. He recently graduated and ...
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Archaeology in eighth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2021 09 March 2021
It is the fifth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University...
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Leiden students offer ideas on restoring an antique ship 08 March 2021
How do you go about the sustainable restoration of a nineteenth-century ship without affecting its historical worth? Leiden University students from t...
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Shift in scientific consensus about demise of Neanderthals 01 March 2021
It is still unclear how the Neanderthals died out. For long, one theory seemed most likely: the emergence of the highly intelligent Homo sapiens, or m...
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Embedding scientific research in the Caribbean with funding from NWO 17 February 2021
On January 7th Minister van Engelshoven of Education, Culture and Science of The Netherlands announced that the project Island(er)s at the Helm: Co-cr...
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Local Panama communities work with archaeologists on historic land rights 09 February 2021
The question of land property titles is a common source of conflict between indigenous communities and federal authorities all over the Americas. A ne...