Archaeology is the study of the artefacts and other physical evidence left by past societies of humans and closely related species. It uses scientific analysis of field samples to inform ...

The Department of Archaeology is home to a wide-range of scientific research facilities that complements the different active research clusters. While primarily designed for use by the department's ...

As a professor of Christian archaeology and director of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum’s museum, he’s part of a 700-year-old Franciscan mission to look after and protect ancient religious ...

New fronts have opened up in the war of cultural restitution, raising complex ethical and legal questions as some argue against museums returning foreign artefacts. 6,000 multi-material armour ...

Over 90% of our students receive full financial support, both tuition and stipends. Join a global community of scholars and professionals in studying and managing the world’s industrial heritage. Gain ...

Many teachers introduce archaeology to their students through a 'sandbox dig'. In a sandbox dig, you are teaching your students that archaeology is about digging, and your students may easily learn ...

DNA testing has improved by leaps and bounds since the 1980s and has helped us track the evolution of humans over thousands, even millions, of years. It has enabled scientists to compare our ...

Life in the ancient Bronze Age city of Kurd Qaburstan, an ancient Mesopotamian site in present-day Iraq, has long been a mystery to archaeologists due to limited research and a lack of historical ...

But he thought archaeology could be used to understand the contentious issue. A border fence separates Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico. photograph by Diane Cook, Jen Jenshel More than five ...

A blade like this was recently unearthed in the United Kingdom, and despite its old age, it has remained in such an echelon—at least, according to Duncan Sayer, a professor of archaeology at the ...

Archaeologist Simon Hughes says some of the finds are being analysed to provide a radiocarbon date. It is believed the kiln, from the 15th or 16th century, may have been in use for decades. The ...