#TBT to the summer of 2023 & a visit from Ruth, a PhD candidate at the @livancworlds.bsky.social , @liverpooluni.bsky.social analysing this ancient Egyptian Middle Kingdom box coffin belonging to the soldier Userhet. Ruth is using XRF to determine the composition of the paint .

Welcome Week Engagement Activities in ACE.
A lot of fun for both incoming students and staff!
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Not quite sure what's going on here😀
ACE staff, students, and technicians in Archaeomaterials testing new equipment in the department's Elizabeth Slater Archaeological Research Laboratories
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We are thrilled to welcome all our students back to campus!
My colleagues and I are all committed to doing everything to enhance your experience as a student in the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology.
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Liverpool students excavating at Mendik (Turkey), a site dating to the very beginnings of the Neolithic period about 11,700 years ago.

ACE students doing fieldwork in Turkey!

- George Downs using GPS to locate ancient archaeological features
- Eloise Jones and Alan Greaves examining the in side of the City Tomb at the Lycian city of Pinara.
- Eloise Jones and John Parker drawing archaeological features during surface survey.

Second year students— partially funded by the University of Liverpool’s Global Opportunities programme - invited by Hokkaido University to take part in a summer fieldschool at the site of Hamanaka II on Rebun Island, Japan to excavate remains of indigenous Ainu communities.
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Conference: Lessons From the Past - 23-24 March 2026
Digging into the past to build a sustainable future.
lessonsfromthepast.info

To all ACE students graduating in 2025:
Many many congratulations on your degree results.
Colleagues in the Department and I are absolutely thrilled by your wonderful achievements in your studies here during your time at the University of Liverpool.
Stay in touch!
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The Emotions of Crisis: Ancient and Modern Concepts, Perspectives, and Solutions

Monday 7 July 2025, 9am-5pm
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The Emotions of Crisis: Ancient and Modern Concepts, Perspectives, and Solutions (an interdisciplinary workshop)

Monday 7 July 2025, 9am-5pm
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Meet Charlotte Bell, a fourth-year PhD student in Archaeology @livancworlds.bsky.social where her research aims to put right the misrepresentation of women's lives in Roman Britain news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/04/25/b... #AcademicSky #ArchaeoSky

I'll be there from next Monday!
Looking forward immensely to doing experimental archaeology with @livancworlds.bsky.social, talking ancient technology with Pete Hommel, and interviewing @moudhy.bsky.social & Selena Wisnom on cuneiform & the birth of history, and Eleanor Barraclough on Viking lives

A very successful 2025 Archaeology Field-school for students involved or interested in learning and developing excavation skills!
Check the students' blogs.
Great Work!
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Call for abstracts closes on Friday!

The Emotions of Crisis: Ancient and Modern Concepts, Perspectives, and Solutions (an interdisciplinary workshop)

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Olivia Arkley won last year's Peet Travel Award, where she travelled to Turkey to support her PhD research by gaining excavation experience.

Read about her experience: buff.ly/5hy4qDS

Find out more about the The Peet Travel Award for 2025: buff.ly/Aj3K1ee

🤩 "The expertise of the academic staff as well as the analytical equipment...meant that I was well supported to pursue my research." 🔬

- Elizabeth Thomas talks about her time studying for an MSc in Archaeology in our Department.

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