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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.
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University of Leicester building officially reopened as Kathleen Kenyon Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/kathleen-kenyon-building-naming-ceremony
The University of Leicester's home for the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and the School of Museum Studies has been named after Dame...
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Family friendly free event to showcase the region’s heritage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/celebration-heritage-hub-leicester-event
A free family friendly event which puts the spotlight on the rich heritage of our city and region takes place at the University of Leicester on...
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Author’s insight into library of ancient wisdom to be explored at Literary Leicester festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/selena-wisnom-literary-leicester-book-talk
An expert in Middle Eastern heritage will be giving a free talk about a once-lost library of ancient wisdom, as part of the Literary Leicester...
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Leicester to lead new project on Ancient Egyptian bird mummies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/raptors
The University of Leicester will lead a study uncovering secrets of Ancient Egyptian bird mummies.
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Conference highlighting cultural significance of the night sky held at National Space Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/stonehenge
University of Leicester is hosting a conference today (Wednesday, 8 May) at the National Space Centre focusing on the cultural and ecological...
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Ancient astrologers come under scrutiny at prestigious public lecture in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/ba-lecture
A world-leading authority on Babylonian astronomy will deliver a prestigious public lecture at the University of Leicester in May.
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Super rare and venomous centipede found in University of Leicester academic’s home
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/centipede
Explore the intriguing discovery of Scutigera coleoptrata, the fastest-moving centipede in the world, in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Six Leverhulme Early Career Fellows to join University of Leicester to conduct groundbreaking research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/leverhulme
Six academics will join the University of Leicester in the 2023/24 academic year after being awarded Early Career Fellowships from the Leverhulme...
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Two Leicester archaeologists win prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize
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...