VUB archaeologist Ella Egberts discovers hand axes that may go back 1,5 million years ago in Iraqi desert
In November and December 2024, VUB researcher Ella Egberts embarked on a pilot project in the Iraqi Western Desert, specifically in the Al-Shabakah area, to investigate archaeological surface material.
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National press coverage on AMGC-coordinated meteorite search expedition (BELARE Mission 2024-2025)
We are proud to share that Professor Steven Goderis, a leading member of the AMGC research group, and his team's groundbreaking Antarctic meteorite expedition have received extensive media attention.
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Testerep exhibition opening in Oostende
Our AMGC landscape archaeology professor Soetkin Vervust has been working tirelessly on her exhibition on Testerep, the lost island on the Belgian coast!
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Follow meteorite search in Antarctica - BELARE Mission 2024-2025
The first meteorites are being collected from the Belgica Mountains in Antarctica, with Steven Goderis in command. Despite major difficulties and equipment lost while crossing large crevasse fields, new meteorites are being recovered.
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Archaeology workshop for 5th grade elementary school students in Schaarbeek
On Thursday, December 12, a team of AMGC archaeology PhD students, led by Professor Ralf Vandam, hosted an engaging workshop for 5th-grade elementary students in Schaerbeek.
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Two AMGC presentations at the 14th annual Day on Belgian Archaeological Research in the Ancient Greek World
On December 13, AMGC archaeology PhD student Elisavet Stamataki delivered an insightful presentation at the 14th Annual Day on Belgian Archaeological Research in the Ancient Greek World.
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AMGC Keynote lecture & 2 PhD student presentations at the 3rd ISCMGEH-Europe conference
During the 3rd International Student Conference on Medical Geology and Environmental Health (European edition), which was held online between 26-29 November, 2 PhD students from AMGC presented their contributions in the session "Emerging Contaminants: Challenges and Impacts". Sybrien L...
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The Age of Terraces: Geoarchaeological campaign in Cyprus
The AGMC Terrace group recently participated in another fieldwork campaign in the foothills of the Troodos mountains in Cyprus (Pyrga, Erimi, and Politiko areas) at the beginning of November 2024.
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Rachèl Spros defended with success her PhD thesis in bioarchaeology
Today Rachèl Spros successfully obtained her PhD with a dissertation titled "Down the Ypres rabitt-hole: A multi-isotope analysis of a medieval urban population". Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Philippe Claeys, Prof. Dr. Ir. Christophe Snoeck from AMGC & Prof. Dr.
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Worldwide media on Science paper: dino killer meteorite came from Solar System outskirts
Major media attention in top 5% of all Altmetric research for our new paper published today in Science: with a team of international colleagues, using Ruthenium isotopes to show that the large meteorite that doomed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago came from the far end of the Solar System, way bey...
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Fieldwork Campaign in Historic Agricultural Terraces of Central Italy
In the Monti Lucretili area (70 km from Rome), the Medieval Castle of Montefalco stands atop limestone mountains, overlooking abandoned agricultural terraces.
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AMGC's new Argon tank installed
A new tank of Argon (Ar) gas has been installed today at the VUB to supply the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometers (ICP-MS) of the AMGC group. This tank with a capacity of 2000 litres guarantees the regular, steady and continuous supply of Ar gas to the AMGC labs. The aim is to...
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