by admin | May 14, 2025
Archaeology investigates the ancient human past based on the things people left behind – from pottery and stone tools to architecture and landscapes. In order to collect information, archaeologists excavate and remove artefacts and structures from a site, so...
by admin | Nov 24, 2023
When Dr Michael BC Rivera was 13 years old, he was captivated by the American television show Bones, about a forensic anthropologist who uses her skills to solve mysteries. Dr Rivera wanted to do the same thing, but in Hong Kong, where he grew up, there were no...
by admin | Nov 21, 2022
In the summer of 2019, Dr Peter J Cobb, a joint appointee of the Faculties of Education and Arts, decided to create a course around his archaeological fieldwork in Armenia. The idea was that HKU students would travel to the country the following summer to help with...