Archaeology
The Trump administration has been actively promoting its own brand of "heritage politics," using architecture, history, and memory to shape America's identity in its image. This approach is rooted in the long tradition of authoritarian regimes using monumental architecture to project power, control memory, and shape
Archaeology
The Trump administration is engaging in a form of ideological nationalism, where architecture and heritage are being used as tools to project power, shape national identity, and control memory. This approach is not new, with historical examples from monarchs to dictators who have built monumental architecture to buttress their egos
College faculty
A chemist at the University of Nottingham, Dr. Mattia Silvi, has been awarded a prestigious 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research in the development of novel synthetic chemistry reactions and methods. He was chosen from over 350 nominations and will receive a £100,000 prize to advance his study.
College faculty
As I studied the history of public life, I was struck by the parallel between the mistreatment of African Americans in death and their long mistreatment in life. The Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground in Richmond, Virginia, is a stark example of this erasure. Established in 1816, it is the
College faculty
Emily L. Jones, a professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico, has navigated the challenges of blending fact and fiction in her research and writing. As the director of UNM's Zooarchaeology Lab, Jones studies the impact of humans on the environment, particularly through zooarchaeology. However, her
Archaeology
Archaeologists and geneticists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the study of ancient birch tar, a synthetic material made from heating birch bark over a fire. The research, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, reveals that Neolithic farmers used the tar for a variety of
International cooperation
Zimbabwe will be the beneficiary of a three-year US$10 million project funded by the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage (ALIPH) to restore and protect 22 archaeological sites across the African continent. The project, spearheaded by the University of Zimbabwe, will specifically focus on three significant dry-stone archaeological
International cooperation
Qatar Museums' Archaeology Department, in collaboration with the Unesco Regional Office in Doha, has announced a public lecture on the frameworks and mechanisms of international cooperation under the 2001 Unesco Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. The event marks the inaugural International Day for Underwater Cultural
International cooperation
A US Congressional delegation consisting of Senators Markwayne Mullin and Joni Ernst, along with Representatives Jason Smith and Jimmy Panetta, visited the ancient city of Petra on Tuesday to explore its archaeological and heritage sites. The delegation was received by the Chairman of the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority
Archaeology
Human evolution narrative has been rewritten with the discovery of 13 fossil teeth in Ethiopia's Afar region, which suggest that two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago. The analysis of the teeth, published in the journal Nature,
Festivals
Archaeological discoveries at Carnoustie in Scotland have shed new light on how our ancestors gathered for large-scale festivities around 4,000 BC. Two giant timber halls, the largest measuring 35m long and 9m wide, have been unearthed, providing insight into the ways people from around Scotland came together to celebrate
Festivals
Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Scotland, unearthing two massive Neolithic timber halls that provide unparalleled insight into the country's ancient past. The structures, built around 4,000 years ago, are the largest and most sophisticated of their kind ever found in Scotland, shedding light on the
