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Â鶹ÊÓƵ archaeologists identify ancient Stonehenge gold digging kit
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ archaeologists have identified a 4000-year-old gold working tool kit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age...
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Before Highcross: Vote now for research teams that solved Leicester’s shopping centre history mysteries
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Archaeologists who examined the ground beneath Leicester’s shopping mall district are up for a research award – and they need your vote.
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Rutland Roman villa: how we found one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK
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The discovery of a previously unknown Roman villa in rural Rutland during the 2020 lockdown was one of the archaeological stories of the year.
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Two Leicester archaeologists win prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize
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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...
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Leicester archaeologists to offer hands on experience at British Science Festival
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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.
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Leicester expertise supports new £14.5 million community heritage hub
/news/2022/august/chester-house-estate
Leicester researchers and students attended a ceremony to mark the official opening of a nationally-significant heritage site by the Princess...
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New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years
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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.
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Leicester archaeologists expand excavations at Leicester Cathedral site
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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.
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Research reveals human-driven changes to distinctive foraging patterns in North Pacific Ocean
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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...
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Engineering and Archaeology researchers to join forces against climate crisis at international conference
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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...