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• 1,800 year-old evidence of Roman worship found in Leicester Cathedral dig

  Date: 6 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/cathedral-roman-worship

  University of Leicester Archaeological Services uncover evidence of a cellar and altar stone from the Roman period thought to be a private shrine...

• Leicester Cathedral dig finds coffin of asylum surgeon

  Date: 27 Jan 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/cathedral-dig-surgeon

  University of Leicester archaeologists have found the coffin of the first resident medical officer for the Leicestershire and Rutland County...

• University of Leicester archaeologists identify ancient Stonehenge gold digging kit

  Date: 16 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/gold

  University of Leicester archaeologists have identified a 4000-year-old gold working tool kit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age...

• Before Highcross: Vote now for research teams that solved Leicester’s shopping centre history mysteries

  Date: 12 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/highcross-dig

  Archaeologists who examined the ground beneath Leicester’s shopping mall district are up for a research award – and they need your vote.

• Rutland Roman villa: how we found one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK

  Date: 7 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/rutland-roman

  The discovery of a previously unknown Roman villa in rural Rutland during the 2020 lockdown was one of the archaeological stories of the year.

• Two Leicester archaeologists win prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize

  Date: 21 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/leverhulme-prize

  Two academics from the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History have each been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme...

• Leicester archaeologists to offer hands on experience at British Science Festival

  Date: 13 Sep 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/bsf-skeletal-secrets

  Members of the public will be able to get up close and personal with human bones with University of Leicester archaeologists this weekend.

• Leicester expertise supports new £14.5 million community heritage hub

  Date: 3 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/chester-house-estate

  Leicester researchers and students attended a ceremony to mark the official opening of a nationally-significant heritage site by the Princess...

• New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years

  Date: 28 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/herpes-genome

  Researchers have mapped the genetic structure of the herpes virus and, for the first time, traced its European origin back almost 5,000 years.

• Leicester archaeologists expand excavations at Leicester Cathedral site

  Date: 24 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/leicester-cathedral-ulas

  The team behind the discovery of Richard III have resumed major archaeological excavations at Leicester Cathedral, close to where the King was found.