Department of Archaeology Classics and Egyptology

Dr Beatriz Marín-Aguilera headshot

Archaeology researcher wins prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize

October 21, 2025

Ancient teeth provide new insight into the lives of the world’s first farming villagers 

October 7, 2025

Charlotte Bell with the tombstone of Vedica at Ilkley Manor House

Becoming an expert: representation of women in Roman Britain

April 25, 2025

Hunter-Gatherers lived on remote Mediterranean islands a thousand years earlier than previously thought

April 9, 2025

• The trench initially excavated by Professor Guédé’s team was overgrown when researchers returned for the current study

Early evidence uncovered for humans making home in rainforests

February 26, 2025

Original Ideas podcast discusses Archaeology’s role in past, present and future

February 19, 2025

An iron age hut

Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain

January 24, 2025

An ancient skull

The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes via Lucy to us – in one long read

November 26, 2024

Monochrome photo of a number of artefacts

Project to reunite Garstang’s scattered archaeological finds awarded £585K

October 1, 2024

Celebrating 120 years of the UK’s first ever Archaeology Department

September 16, 2024