In 2023, to mark the 50th anniversary of the preservation of Flass Vale, Redhills CIO and the City of Durham Parish Council commissioned Archaeological Services Durham University to undertake excavations at the site of Flass Well, Durham. In celebration of Archaeology & Community, the 2024 CBA Festival of Archaeology theme, find out more about this well and its place in local history!

Durham University's Department of Archaeology's annual excavation at Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, took place over the course of three weeks in June, serving as the field training for our first-year students.

Congratulations to Canon Professor Michael Snape and Professor Janet Montgomery who have been recognised for their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

Fern Horine, the British Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, visited the Department of Archaeology’s excavations in the village of Climăuții de Jos on the banks of the river Dneistr.

Organised by our final-year PhD researchers, Pertev Basri and Batuhan Özdemir, and our Digital Archaeology and Heritage Technician Alexander Jansen, the conference titled 'Jealous Laws': Collecting, Studying, and Managing Antiquities in the Ottoman Mediterranean during the Long 19th Century took place on Friday 17th May, in the Department of Archaeology (D110). The conference featured nine distinguished speakers from around the world, each presenting unique perspectives on the subject.

Our archaeologists are part of a 100-strong team aiming to uncover the mysteries of a ‘lost’ house at Auckland Castle, County Durham, UK.

Rosemary's blue plaque was unveiled last Thursday 23rd May, at the launch of the 'Ground Breaker' exhibition celebrating our Archaeology Department's co-founder and pioneering archaeologist.

A series of three new exhibitions curated by MA Museum and Artefact Studies students are opening across Durham University Museums from 23 May.

Read the Impact Evaluation report of the project Training in Action, led by our Department's Professor Anna Leone and funded by the Cultural Protection Fund (CPF).

New research into a medieval village in southern Spain has found that an earthquake likely caused its abandonment in the 13th century. 

The Department of Archaeology is delighted to announce that we have been ranked =5th in the prestigious QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.

Durham staff and students, and former visiting scholars and honorary fellows of the department showed the department’s strength in archaeology of the Middle-East at the 2024 meeting of the British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA), hosted by Glasgow University earlier this year.