Department of Archaeology Classics and Egyptology

Image: Artistic reconstruction of Pınarbaşı c. 15,800 years ago based on evidence from archaeological excavations by University of Liverpool. This shows dogs, the burial of pups, the local wetland landscape, but also our evidence for personal ornamentation, various foods including fish also consumed by the dogs, inferred basketry and ritual practices. Illustration by Kathryn Killacke.

Evidence of earliest dogs discovered on University of Liverpool excavation sites in Türkiye

March 25, 2026

A fire outdoors

Research shows humans making fire 350,000 years earlier than thought

December 10, 2025

Side by side photos of the two awardees

Double success: Liverpool academics awarded ERC Consolidator Grants

December 9, 2025

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