Archaeology at Lampeter

https://ithacabound.com/podcast/late-bronze-age-cyprus-w-professor-louise-steel/

Late Bronze Age Cyprus w. Professor Louise Steel During the Late Bronze Age, the Cypriots had a variety of settlements, their own language, and were seafaring. Louise Steel, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, joins the show to share what ci

Congratulations to Tom Humphrey, who has just been awarded the Vronwy Hankey Memorial Grant (British School at Athens) to research cylinder seals in Mycenaean Greece.
https://www.bsa.ac.uk/awards/research-awards/the-vronwy-hankey-memorial-fund-for-aegean-studies/

If you are in West Wales, please join us for our Vernissage for the Pop-Up exhibition „Experiencing Ancient Egyptian Art“ including ancient Egyptian objects from Cyfarthfa Castle, interpreted by Students of several undergraduates programmes.
Friday, 30/05/2925 , Roderic Bowen Library and Archives

Looking forward to tomorrow’s (12/12/2024) talk

https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/coastal-tales-takes-centre-stage-cop29

Coastal TALES Takes Centre Stage at COP29 The Coastal TALES project, led by the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES (UK) hub at UWTSD, has been invited to present at COP29, showcasing a compelling video at the “Bio-Cultural Heritage for the Future: Mobilizing the Past for Climate Resilience” event.

Participation by Dr Katharina Zinn at conference The Greatest Thinkers and Sages in Antiquity - thinking about wisdom intercultural
Institute for the History of the Ancient World, Northeast Normal University, China

Sustainable Food Cymru Workshop: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Food Future in Wales The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) hosted a two-day workshop as part of the Sustainable Food Cymru initiative, bringing together academics, policymakers, and societal partners involved in Wales' food industry.

Interesting report on the destruction of cultural heritage in Gaza:

Analysis Reveals Damage and Destruction of Cultural Heritage Sites in Gaza - bellingcat The conflict in Gaza has taken an immense human toll – but it has also come at a significant cultural cost.

Ancient Crossroads: The Archaeology of Gaza | SAAJ 73 - Seven Ages In this episode, we welcome Dr. Louise Steel from the University of Wales to discuss the ancient history and intriguing archaeology of Gaza.

Congratulations to our PhD student Natalie Boyd, who received a grant from the British Institute of Persian Studies to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art last December and study the ivories from Hasanlu, Iran. For more information here's a link to her report:

The Hasanlu Ivories viewed through a New Materialist lens | British Institute of Persian Studies My research focusses on the ivories recovered during the excavations of Hasanlu in north western Iran. These were largely recovered from the demolition layers of c.800BC, in the Iron Age. The people of Hasanlu did not appear to have a written language, so in many ways they are very mysterious. The s...