Are you fascinated by the ancient civilisations of Egypt, the Mediterranean and the Near East? This degree offers the opportunity to study the archaeology, culture, society and history of the key civilisations of ancient Greece, Egypt, Rome and the Near East, combined with training in the latest archaeological techniques and methodology. In its range and depth this programme is unique in Britain. A rich variety of material – literary and documentary texts, painting and sculpture, complex archaeological sites – reveals a world of poets, historians, artists, politicians, emperors, priests, administrators, slaves, soldiers, aristocrats and ordinary men and women. It is a world of lasting cultural importance, and understanding the ambitions, beliefs and lives of its people enriches understanding of your own world and of what it is to be human. Teaching is hands-on: you might read texts directly from carved inscriptions or papyri, or handle artefacts in our Garstang Museum, or help stage a theatrical production of a Greek tragedy. Students will be required to complete four weeks of supervised fieldwork. This involves two weeks of residential archaeological training on our field school at the end of Year One and a further two week placement at the end of Year Two. Year One provides a broad introduction to archaeological methods and the archaeology and history of Egypt, Greece, Rome and the ancient Near East. In later years you study subjects central to our understanding of ancient civilisations – social and political organisation, art, religion and texts – combined with a detailed study of at least two civilisations (the Near East, Egypt, or Greece and Rome). All students must complete four weeks of fieldwork or museum-based work either in the UK or overseas, possibly on one of the department’s research projects in Bulgaria, Turkey, Jordan or Egypt. Four weeks of fieldwork experience is a requirement of our degree courses in Archaeology of Ancient Civilisations. This will involve two weeks of archaeological training on our departmental field school in the summer between Years 1 and 2 and a further two week placement at the end of Year 2.

Archaeology, Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology degrees from Liverpool have long been recognised as a rigorous training, one which produces graduates with an unusual breadth of experience. Graduates are well equipped for a wide variety of careers in fields as diverse as journalism, heritage management, law, the civil service, teaching, business, IT and tourism. Our graduates also go on to undertake further study and research degrees and have had marked success in gaining employment in universities and major museums.