In the media
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Blogging about the Research and Management of the Tollense Battlefield 18 August 2022The 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 2022In 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 2022Systematic aerial surveys carried out in Jordan’s Eastern Badia region since 1998 and about 10 years of simplified satellite image analysis have led t...
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Archaeologist Annelou van Gijn lectures at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 29 March 2022During her lecture, Professor Annelou van Gijn explored user-wear analysis and experimental archaeology, showing details about past human life.
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Alex Brandsen and Bjørn Peare Bartholdy interviewed on Digital Scholarship Blog 29 March 2022The Leiden Digital Scholarship Blog explored two different ways of opening up research at an early stage: preprints and pre-registration. How to go ab...
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Cut the tyranny of copy-and-paste with these coding tools 29 March 2022If you’ve written a scientific manuscript, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with the app-switching two-step that happens when you copy your data ...
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How did we discover fire? 02 March 2022Controlling fire was a turning point in the development of human civilisation. But how did fire become part of the human toolkit? The BBC radio show C...
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Neanderthals changed ecosystems 125,000 years ago 15 December 2021Hunter-gatherers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archaeologists from Leiden Uni...
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Archaeologist Gerrit Dusseldorp in Discover Magazine on Neanderthal extinction 15 December 2021Scientists have long assumed Neanderthals simply lost the evolutionary race against humans. But their disappearance may be a bit more complex. In Disc...
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Aart Hendriks not ruling out compulsory vaccination 01 December 2021Now the number of people with COVID-19 is increasing and we are faced with stricter measures once again, the question arises whether compulsory vaccin...
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Leiden research into corona waste ends up in New York Times 18 November 2021Face masks and plastic gloves are supposed to protect us from corona, but they are becoming an increasing problem for the environment. In a special se...
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Faculty excavation featured on Cypriot news channel 23 August 2021The Chlorakas Palloures Excavation on Cyprus, run by Dr Bleda Düring, was featured on Cypriot national television. In the item Düring had the chance t...
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Colourful prehistoric ‘Chanel dress’ goes on show 13 August 2021The reconstruction of a dress worn in the Netherlands nearly 3000 years ago has gone on display in Oss, and shows that, contrary to popular opinion, w...
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Research by Leiden archaeologists in The Jordan Times 11 August 2021Recent fieldwork at the vast desert region in north-eastern Jordan has revealed an immensely rich heritage of an area that is difficult to access and ...
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A 51,000-year-old carved bone is one of the world's oldest works of art, researchers say 15 July 2021The toe bone of a prehistoric deer carved with lines by Neanderthals 51,000 years ago is one of the oldest works of art ever found, according to a stu...