REVIEW BY ROGER FORSHAW The 23rd Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) conference was held at the University of Basel in 2023. Bringing together an engaged community of mainly early career researchers, the conference offered a diverse programme from which 22…
This year’s CA Live! was our biggest conference yet, with around 600 people coming together at UCL’s Institute of Education in London to share the latest news about the past. For those who weren’t there, here is a round-up of what went on.
Azza Ezzat and Ahmed Mansour highlight the achievements of two prestigious names in the history of Egyptology.
In collaboration with the European Association of Archaeologists (EEA), the Chartered Institute of Archaeologists (CIfA) are looking to support archaeologists from Ukraine by helping them to make contact with other archaeologists willing to house or employ them. The EEA has…
The heritage sector is central to the UK’s appeal as a tourist destination, which will be crucial in reopening our borders and rebuilding the economy as the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control.
‘The closure of world-leading departments of archaeology can only be described as short-sighted.'
Too often, we are seen as ‘people who play in the dirt’ or very occasionally ‘finders of secrets’ rather than serious academics. - Dr Hugh Willmott
The field of archaeology covers the full extent of human existence, through time and across the world. Small wonder it has spawned so many sub-disciplines, theoretical and practical. We look at some of the choices.