The discovery at UCL of three books owned by Oscar Wilde, the acclaimed author and playwright, has provided an invaluable ...

A funding boost of more than £78 million will help UCL scientists working to develop a potential treatment for motor neurone ...

Adding small amounts of exercise into daily routine, such as climbing stairs or cycling errands, could help to reduce blood ...

Mysteries about Uranus that have baffled scientists for decades may have been the result of an unusually powerful solar storm ...

William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) first went to Egypt in 1880 at the age of 26, to survey the Great Pyramid. For the next five decades he was at the forefront of the development of ...

See how ancient Egyptian objects were discovered in Victorian times through Petrie's excavations.

A programme with tangible real-world value, the Global Healthcare Management (Finance) MSc is a degree that has been co-created by academics and industry experts. Equip yourself with essential skills ...

Explore the interesting intersection of US history and politics on this one-year MA, which brings together insights from the whole of the humanities and social sciences into a single Master’s. Learn ...

Spend a year focusing on international relations in the Americas, from both an inter-American and global relations standpoint – on this specialist UCL Master’s. You’ll gain the skills essential for ...

This essay discusses the incidence and nature of poisoning in Rome (4th century B.C. to 3rd century AD). A growing incidence of poisoning is recorded in the 1st century AD, which reached an alarming ...

The two main stones of the lower Nile valley are sandstone, from Sudan as far north as the Edfu/Gebelein region, and limestone, the classic Egyptian valley stone from the Theban area to Cairo.

Sealing is an easy way to signal ownership on objects.In Egypt cylinder seals appeared first, later (First Intermediate Period) button seals/stamp seals become more common, although a very few stamp ...