Current Archaeology Live! 2025

The Current Archaeology Live! 2025 event, which the UCL Institute of Archaeology is co-organising, is being held at the UCL Institute of Education on Saturday 1 March 2025. 

This one-day conference will showcase all the latest archaeological discoveries and research from Britain and beyond.

The Keynote Speaker at this year's event is Nick Card (University of Highlands & Islands) wo will be speaking about the Ness of Brodgar: a millennium in the making; 20 years of discovery.

Provisional programme

• Mark Beattie-Edwards (Nautical Archaeology Society) – Klein Hollandia: discovering a British ‘Act of Piracy’
• Natasha Billson (Behind the Trowel) – From the Trench to the Screen: public archaeology in the digital landscape
• Dr Amanda Chadburn (Bournemouth University) – The Sun, Moon, and the Monuments of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site
• Dr Oliver Creighton & Professor Alan Outram (University of Exeter) – Medieval Warhorse: the archaeology of a medieval revolution?
• Professor Rosalie David (Professor Emerita, University of Manchester) – Ancient Egyptian Mummies: insights provided by bio-scientific research
• Anna Giecco & Nick Henderson (Uncovering Roman Carlisle) – From Hadrian to the Severans: the story of Carlisle’s monumental
• Roman complex
• Dr Helen Gittos (University of Oxford) – Sutton Hoo and Syria: the Anglo-Saxons who served in the Byzantine army?
• Antonietta Lerz & Han Li (MOLA) – A Puzzlement: reconstructing the Roman paintings of Southwark
• Keynote speaker: Nick Card (University of Highlands & Islands) – Ness of Brodgar: a millennium in the making; 20 years of discovery

The Current Archaeology Awards results will be announced at 5pm

Further details

• Current Archaeology Live! 2025 website 

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