In the media
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Symposium Findings Chalcolithic site Palloures 28 April 2021Discoveries at the Chalcolithic site Palloures, Cyprus will be presented to the public in free, online symposium next month. A team of archaeologi...
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Archaeologist Andy Sorensen in National Geographic Magazine about ancient fire use 10 February 2021When and how commenced the use of fire by early humans? Armed with stones, peat moss, and fungi, archaeologist Andy Sorensen tries to answer that ques...
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Leiden archaeologists in international media on early form of money in the Bronze Age 28 January 2021People in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catali...
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Archaeologist Maikel Kuijpers reflects on academic feud over Nebra sky disc 20 January 2021In a New York Times report on a bitter archaeological feud over the Nebra sky disk, Maikel Kuijpers reflects on its importance. 'It’s really unfortuna...
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Dental remains shed light on drug use in 19th century Dutch village 11 January 2021Archaeologist Bjørn Peare Barthold suspected farmers in a doctorless 19th century Dutch village may have been self-medicating to manage pain and disea...
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Leiden Classics: Einstein & Friends 25 September 2015
Museum Boerhaave commemorated the hundredth anniversary of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity with the exhibition ‘Einstein & Friends’. The exhib...