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Our top revision tips for exam season
Posted on: 6 January 2020 | Category: 2020 posts
It’s that time of year again. But you’ve got this. Deep breath.
Searching for a lost Medieval Manx Nunnery
Posted on: 19 December 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
The Isle of Man maintained only three monastic establishments during the later Middle Ages, one being a Nunnery on the edge of what is now the Island’s largest town, Douglas, where Harold Mytum and Rob Philpott have just completed an excavation on its possible site.
Local Primary School Learns All Things Ancient History with IntoUni
Posted on: 16 December 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
Children from local schools in Anfield took part in a special week-long focus on Ancient History. Kristian Boote, PhD Student in Evolutionary Anthropology, provides an overview of the week.
Alumni and Friends Fund for the ACE photogrammetry team — introducing this year’s projects
Posted on: 11 December 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
Ardern Hulme-Beaman, Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow with the department, shares the progress of the ACE photogrammetry team and their plans for the future.
Brownies Dig the Dirt on Archaeology
Posted on: 4 December 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
Our Archaeology students welcomed a local Brownie group to learn all things Archaeology for the Science Jamboree with Merseyside Scouts.
Gallery: Professor Keith Dobney travels inland to further explore Chinese archaeology and culture
Posted on: 28 November 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
After several weeks in Shanghai, spent writing, lecturing and discussing labs and potential projects, I headed northeast and inland to Xi’an where I visited colleagues in the large Department of Archaeology, School of Cultural Heritage, Conservation and Restoration at Northwest University.
Mapping Jersey’s forgotten military past
Posted on: 18 November 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
Jersey is well known for its World War 2 military remains that are scattered across the island, relics of the Nazi occupation. Many are tourist attractions, and both local inhabitants and visitors are well aware of this aspect of Jersey’s heritage. Much less well known, however, is that Jersey’s contribution to the British war effort in World War 1 included not only sending men and women to join the armed forces, but also housing German prisoners of war.
Gallery: Professor Keith Dobney invited to Institute of Archaeological Science at Fudan, China
Posted on: 14 November 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
I’m here for the whole of November at the kind invitation of my good friend and colleague (Professor Yuan Jing) who is the Director of a newly established Institute of Archaeological Science at Fudan. I’ll be giving some public lectures, meeting students and staff, attending lab meetings, doing some guest teaching and discussing new facilities, research collaborations and links with ACE.
Bio: Sydney Hunter, Fulbright Scholar at the University of Liverpool
Posted on: 12 November 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
During the academic year 2019-20 we are very happy to welcome to the department Fulbright scholar Sydney Hunter, who is pursuing an MA in Archaeology. The prestigious Fulbright program allows the exchange of knowledge and cultural experiences between the United States and the other participating countries. It is a life-changing opportunity that helps build stronger career profiles, and provides students with new connections to other scholars in the field and access to different approaches to research.
Achilles and Patroclus — more than friends?
Posted on: 25 October 2019 | Category: 2019 posts
Charlotte Wylie (BA Classical Studies with Egyptology), Eleanor Fussell (BA Classical Studies) and Christian Shrier (BA Ancient History) ask whether there is more to the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus than meets the eye.
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Our top revision tips for exam season
Posted on: 6 January 2020 | Category: 2020 posts
It’s that time of year again. But you’ve got this. Deep breath.