Organised by our final-year PhD researchers, Pertev Basri and Batuhan Özdemir, and our Digital Archaeology and Heritage Technician Alexander Jansen, the conference titled 'Jealous Laws': Collecting, Studying, and Managing Antiquities in the Ottoman Mediterranean during the Long 19th Century took place on Friday 17th May, in the Department of Archaeology (D110). The conference featured nine distinguished speakers from around the world, each presenting unique perspectives on the subject.

Our archaeologists are part of a 100-strong team aiming to uncover the mysteries of a ‘lost’ house at Auckland Castle, County Durham, UK.

Rosemary's blue plaque was unveiled last Thursday 23rd May, at the launch of the 'Ground Breaker' exhibition celebrating our Archaeology Department's co-founder and pioneering archaeologist.

Read the Impact Evaluation report of the project Training in Action, led by our Department's Professor Anna Leone and funded by the Cultural Protection Fund (CPF).

New research into a medieval village in southern Spain has found that an earthquake likely caused its abandonment in the 13th century. 

The Department of Archaeology is delighted to announce that we have been ranked =5th in the prestigious QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.

Durham staff and students, and former visiting scholars and honorary fellows of the department showed the department’s strength in archaeology of the Middle-East at the 2024 meeting of the British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA), hosted by Glasgow University earlier this year.

Serving as a core textbook, and engaging students with contemporary issues, this book is designed to support students studying Archaeology at an introductory level.

Edith Chong studied for a BA in Archaeology between 2015 and 2018. Now she works as a Cataloguer for the Watch Department at Bonhams Auctioneers, based in London.

RESEARCH DIALOGUES is a competitive award that supports Durham Archaeology postgraduate researchers to lead workshops, symposia, seminar series or other stimulating events on timely and relevant topics.

Durham University archaeologists Xiaohang Song, Dr Ran Zhang and Professor Derek Kennet have recently published a new study into the complex development of the Chinese ceramic industry.

The departments of Archaeology and Classics and Ancient History have teamed up to discuss everyday sexism for this year's International Women's Day.