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Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition 19 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...
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Archaeologist Mark Driessen’s book and project in royal spotlights 19 October 2022On September 28, 2022, dr.ir. Mark Driessen presented a publication about the ancient Roman frontier in Jordan. Venue for the book launch was the resi...
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Throwback to the Archaeological Field School of 2022: ‘Excavating is very rewarding’ 20 July 2022Back in June, the annual Leiden Archaeology Field School took place in Oss. For a month, every week, a group of 25 first year students gets to learn t...
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 7th in QS World University Ranking 08 April 2022It is the sixth 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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Streaming the Sagas: a live role play in the North-European Age of Heroes 21 February 2022Hwæt! You've heard of the adventures of the mighty Beowulf. You've heard of the brave folk standing beside him, and the awe-inspiring foes standing ag...
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Archaeologist Mette Langbroek works on beads exhibition: ‘Humans have a special relationship with beads' 26 January 2022Beads are among the oldest types of human artistic expression. Even so, the small ornaments have a bad status record regarding archaeological investig...
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'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome 17 November 2021Debates 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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First generation of students graduate from Applied Archaeology: ‘It is a peculiar and wonderful specialisation.’ 09 April 2021In 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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Archaeology students make museum exhibition on Sugar: ‘Before this I had no idea how sugar was produced’ 01 February 2021When following a course on archaeology of the Crusaders, five archaeology students were presented the unique opportunity to create a small exhibition ...
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Data Management and the Gortyn Project: ‘With great data comes great responsibility’ 02 December 2020The world is becoming increasingly digitised, and the information one has easy access to is often rather overwhelming. In particular, the accumulative...
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Archaeologist Ady Roxburgh receives two-year research grant from the Estonian Research Council 02 July 2020Ady Roxburgh has been awarded a two-year grant to continue his research into the choices behind the composition of Roman, copper-alloy artefacts. The ...
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Videoconferencing with the Rural Riches group: ‘The most important thing is to develop some discipline’ 26 March 2020The Rural Riches research group convenes for coffee on a daily basis. Remotely, that is, to prevent the spread of coronavirus. It is the perfect way t...
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Archaeology in ninth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2020 12 March 2020It is the fourth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universit...
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Building a Byzantine and Ottoman Data Atlas with a DANS grant 16 January 2020Joanita Vroom, Professor Archaeology of Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia at the Faculty of Archaeology, has again received a DANS Klein DataProject (...