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Extraordinary Merovingian cemetery excavated by Leiden University 07 June 2017
In the last weeks of May 2017 a team of students, PhD’s and postdocs of Leiden University led by prof. Frans Theuws excavated a small but exclusive ce...
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ERC Advanced Grant for Frans Theuws 06 April 2017
Prof. dr. Frans Theuws has received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The 2,5 million euro grant will be used in a 5-year A...
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Archaeology in ninth position in QS World University Rankings 2017 09 March 2017
It is the second year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is ranked the highest in continental Europe. Aside from this the faculty features, as i...
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Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds winner - Marcus Adrian Roxburgh 22 June 2016
His PhD research project - entitled Charlemagne's Workshops - is an ongoing investigation into the role of copper-alloy craft production in the early ...
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Archaeology at Leiden University in Top 10 of QS World University Rankings 2016 22 March 2016
The Faculty of Archaeology ranks as the best in continental Europe and is in the top ten of the world. The Faculty of Archaeology hosts a successful m...
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Haarlem ontlast 11 March 2016
Over poep, pies en de beerput
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A DANS KDP grant for ‘Mapping historical Leiden’-phase 2 03 February 2016
Second phase of mapping historical Leiden project made possible by DANS Kleine Data funding.
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Discovery of a unique silver bowl from the Early Middle Ages 01 July 2014
On an excavation site in Oegstgeest Leiden University archaeologists discovered a very rare silver bowl from the first half of the seventh century. Th...
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Charlemagne’s Backyard? 05 September 2013
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) granted the research proposal submitted in the Free Competition by Prof. dr. F.C.W.J. Theuw...
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Ancient water management and field systems in southern Jordan 28 August 2013
About 15 km to the south of the ancient city of Petra, archaeologists from the University of Leiden have discovered an impressive network of ancient w...