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Ancient Economies
The University of Liverpool’s long-standing research into the economies of the Greek, Egyptian and Roman worlds, combining strengths from archaeology and ancient history.
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Egyptology research group
This group focuses on three main areas of research; fieldwork and material remains, textual and bringing together material remains, pictorial and textual sources.
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Households and Communities
Examining the nature of religious belief and practice and the interrelationship between the two, from the origins of humanity to the classical Greco-Roman world.
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Human Origins
Focusing on the study of human origins and evolutionary anthropology, in particular, the evolution of hominin cultural abilities and ecological adaptations.
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Human Palaeoecology
From late Pleistocene hunter-gatherer societies to the development of early urban communities, the group’s research interests focus on the origin and evolution of human settlement.
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Literary Cultures of the Ancient World
Covering a range of authors in prose and verse, this groups focuses on the writing of commentaries, particularly on the imperial period and the Latin panegyric.
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The Body
This interdisciplinary research group focusses on the body as a bio-cultural construct in antiquity and modernity.
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Receptions
A group exploring the complex and continual interplay between antiquity and the modern world. Image by David Monniaux via Wikimedia Commons
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The Network for the Interface of Classics and Politics
Investigating the relationship between the ancient world and modern politics and international studies.