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• Two Leicester archaeologists win prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize

  Date: 21 Oct 2022

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  Two academics from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History have each been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme...

• Leicester archaeologists to offer hands on experience at British Science Festival

  Date: 13 Sep 2022

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  Members of the public will be able to get up close and personal with human bones with Â鶹ÊÓƵ archaeologists this weekend.

• Leicester expertise supports new £14.5 million community heritage hub

  Date: 3 Aug 2022

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  Leicester researchers and students attended a ceremony to mark the official opening of a nationally-significant heritage site by the Princess...

• New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years

  Date: 28 Jul 2022

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  Researchers have mapped the genetic structure of the herpes virus and, for the first time, traced its European origin back almost 5,000 years.

• Leicester archaeologists expand excavations at Leicester Cathedral site

  Date: 24 May 2022

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  The team behind the discovery of Richard III have resumed major archaeological excavations at Leicester Cathedral, close to where the King was found.

• Research reveals human-driven changes to distinctive foraging patterns in North Pacific Ocean

  Date: 14 Apr 2022

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  The first large-scale study of its kind has uncovered more than 4,000 years’ worth of distinctive foraging behaviour in a species once driven to...

• Engineering and Archaeology researchers to join forces against climate crisis at international conference

  Date: 9 Mar 2022

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  An interdisciplinary team of researchers will look to identify ways of tackling the climate crisis at an international conference hosted at the...

• Digging for Britain: Leicester Archaeology projects to feature on BBC

  Date: 4 Jan 2022

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  Projects led by Leicester archaeologists are to be showcased on the new series of BBC TWO’s primetime TV series Digging for Britain in the New Year.

• Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer's field in Rutland

  Date: 25 Nov 2021

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  Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK.

• Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival

  Date: 11 Oct 2021

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have...