But you also work with both your head and your hands in the classroom, in the lab and at your desk, applying academic theories and high-tech methods, and analysing archaeological materials. This enables you to reconstruct the way of life in societies that we can no longer ‘see’.

• The Faculty of Archaeology has earned a place in the top five archaeology research and teaching institutes in the world.
• Leiden Archaeology has a strong, global emphasis, with wide networks in international research.
• Leiden Archaeology offers excellent facilities, such as our state-of-the-art laboratories.