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Read the latest news from the 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.

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
Monochrome photo of a number of artefacts

30 September 2024

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

16 September 2024

Celebrating 120 years of the UK’s first ever Archaeology Department
Romito (a drawing of an ice age teenager) on the left and his bones being examined on the right

12 September 2024

Research reveals reality of Ice Age teen puberty
Three people sitting and examining records

25 July 2024

Cast Iron Memories: reviving the Yoward archive at Ironbridge
Larry presenting at the work archaeological forum in Shanghai he is speaking into a microphone againsta colourful backdrop of a waterfall

12 January 2024

Archaeology researcher receives award for ground-breaking discovery
World Museum

7 December 2023

Ancient myths and magic with our researchers at World Museum Liverpool