In the media
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Life in a port city: Roderick Geerts writes a blog post about the ancient port of Berenike 06 April 2023
Roderick Geerts, a PhD candidate of the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden, takes us on a short journey through the rich history of the Red Sea port of ...
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Students once again explore archaeology Oss 31 March 2023
Students of the Leiden University Faculty of Archaeology once again explore the archaeology of Oss between April and May of 2023. New areas along the ...
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Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum 27 March 2023
Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.
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Archaeologist Marie Soressi joins the discussion about the early use of bow-and-arrow technology in Europe 27 February 2023
Nature News reported on the use of bow-and-arrow for hunting based on the research made on small points found in a 54,000-year-old cave site in southe...
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Osteoarchaeologist Maia Casna interviewed on a podcast 25 February 2023
PhD candidate Maia Casna was a guest on the new episode of the Wetenschappelijke Wezens podcast. In it, Maia discusses her research on urbanisation an...
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Martijn Manders and the media fascination with “Klein Hollandia“ 06 February 2023
Recently, we have witnessed an increased interest of the public and media in the hidden world of underwater archaeology sparked by the identification ...
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Evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants takes news outlets by storm 03 February 2023
Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has...
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All episodes of Breingeheim now available on Spotify 01 February 2023
All five episodes of the first season of 'Breingeheim' are now available to listen on Spotify. The first season of the podcastseries is about the soci...
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Professor Bleda Düring interviewed for podcast Tides of History 13 January 2023
The Tides of History is a history podcast that takes listeners into the past while trying to identify how it echoes today. The current season centers ...
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Are the brains of males different from those of females? Psychologists produce a podcast on brain research and mental health 20 December 2022
Women are more often diagnosed with depression, whereas ADHD is much more frequently detected in men. And there are other more striking differences. W...
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Podcast on resilience gives a boost to worrying youths 19 December 2022
What if you get excluded? Are apps against fear and stress effective? How do you keep your brain in shape? The first season of the new podcastseries ‘...
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Archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina interviewed for podcast Hortus Amsterdam 29 August 2022
The Hortus Talks is a podcast series as well as a botanical college tour, recorded in the greenhouse in the middle of the Hortus Amsterdam. The theme ...
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Blogging about the Research and Management of the Tollense Battlefield 18 August 2022
The battle at the Tollense valley took place in 1300 BC, the Bronze age. The archaeological site now is being threatened by climate chance. In an inte...
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry in podcast on dental care in the past 25 May 2022
In the first instalment of the three-part podcast series Óf Bones, Brains, and Pink Elephants, three students of Utrecht University interview Dr Amand...
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Archaeological explorations in Jordan unveil traces of ancient caravan routes 18 May 2022
Systematic aerial surveys carried out in Jordan’s Eastern Badia region since 1998 and about 10 years of simplified satellite image analysis have led t...