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York Conservation Alumna wins major Civic Trust Award for work on Becket's Chapel.

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

In a major contribution to current debates, a new open access paper in Cambridge Archaeological Journal presents latest perspectives on Neolithic kinship, genetic relatedness and the use of large monuments like Newgrange.

A new study sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ago.

Archaeology at York placed 5th in the UK and =25th in the world in the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2025).

A new £1 million project will investigate the mysterious Roman burial practice of pouring liquid gypsum over the clothed bodies of adults and children laid to rest in stone or lead coffins before burial.

Archaeologists have created a new model to help identify archaeological bear baiting assemblages in England and beyond.

A video series created between YAT and the ChemArch ITN exploring their cutting edge research focused on exploring the ancient world through the lens of chemistry and biology. This video series will help you discover more about the methods, ideas and applications of Chemical Archaeology as described by our very own ChemArch researchers!