PhD boost for maritime archaeology
Two new PhD candidates, from Egypt and Croatia, have joined one of Australia’s premier underwater archaeology programs at Flinders University.
Underwater excavation reveals lost Levantine village
A 7,500-year-old underwater water well that has been partially excavated from a site on Israel’s Mediterranean coast will give important insights into the Neolithic society that once lived there.
Space probe hitchhikes into history
Early Thursday morning, Australian time, the world held its breath as a bar fridge-sized landing probe, Philae, touched down on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
From Inkan ceramics to Phoenician shipwrecks
Ancient ceramic artefacts from the famous Inkan Empire are among a collection of pottery that will be analysed by a team of Flinders University archaeologists and collaborating researchers.
Archaeology Department digs deep to support the disadvantaged
Staff and students from Flinders University’s Archaeology Department have been busy packing and sending books to disadvantaged countries this week as part of the Global Libraries Program.