Ancient Economies

The University of Liverpool’s long-standing research into the economies of the Greek, Egyptian and Roman worlds, combining strengths from archaeology and ancient history.

Ancient Economies research group

Egyptology research group

This group focuses on three main areas of research; fieldwork and material remains, textual and bringing together material remains, pictorial and textual sources.

Egyptology research group

Households and Communities

Examining the nature of religious belief and practice and the interrelationship between the two, from the origins of humanity to the classical Greco-Roman world.

Households and Communities research group

Human Origins

Focusing on the study of human origins and evolutionary anthropology, in particular, the evolution of hominin cultural abilities and ecological adaptations.

Human Origins

Human Palaeoecology

From late Pleistocene hunter-gatherer societies to the development of early urban communities, the group’s research interests focus on the origin and evolution of human settlement.

Human Palaeoecolgy research group

Literary Cultures of the Ancient World

Covering a range of authors in prose and verse, this groups focuses on the writing of commentaries, particularly on the imperial period and the Latin panegyric.

Literary Culture research group