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Read the latest news from the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology.

view of towering cliffs along the north west coast of Malta

19 August 2026

Europe’s stone age hunters made sea voyages to Malta – thousands of years before evidence of sails

31 July 2026

What the lotus flower reveals about veteran PTSD in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
Cave site of Latnija in the northern Mellieħa region of Malta that has revealed evidence for over 1000 years of forager occupations © Huw Groucutt

28 July 2026

Earliest Mediterranean long-distance sea journeys were sustained over at least a millennium
researcher standing over a table examining artefacts

25 June 2026

A new era for Garstang collections: Liverpool opens cutting-edge research hub

9 June 2026

Archaeologist contributes chapter to latest book from Professor Alice Roberts
A long-exposure photo of a mosquito – the main vector of malaria – in flight

24 April 2026

Early humans avoided malaria, shaping distribution of populations
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.

25 March 2026

Evidence of earliest dogs discovered on University of Liverpool excavation sites in Türkiye
Student displaying archaeological coin

7 January 2026

Undergraduate Archaeology degrees now accredited
A fire outdoors

10 December 2025

Research shows humans making fire 350,000 years earlier than thought
Side by side photos of the two awardees

9 December 2025

Double success: Liverpool academics awarded ERC Consolidator Grants
Dr Beatriz Marín-Aguilera headshot

21 October 2025

Archaeology researcher wins prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize

7 October 2025

Ancient teeth provide new insight into the lives of the world’s first farming villagers 
Charlotte Bell with the tombstone of Vedica at Ilkley Manor House

25 April 2025

Becoming an expert: representation of women in Roman Britain

9 April 2025

Hunter-Gatherers lived on remote Mediterranean islands a thousand years earlier than previously thought
• The trench initially excavated by Professor Guédé’s team was overgrown when researchers returned for the current study

26 February 2025

Early evidence uncovered for humans making home in rainforests

19 February 2025

Original Ideas podcast discusses Archaeology’s role in past, present and future
An iron age hut

24 January 2025

Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain
An illustration in the style of an ancient cave painting with two figures touching their hands together with \'Blazing the Trail\' written on top.

3 December 2024

Blazing the Trail: international experts create new podcast on our epic human story
An ancient skull

26 November 2024

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

4 October 2024

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