What does a summer of real archaeology look like? 🏺⛏️ Our students spent several weeks surveying and excavating in rural Armenia — here's their story. youtu.be/FtcQptlvnjg?...

APSAP is heading to #ARISC_20th Conference! 📅 THU, Sep 17 Hayk Azizbekyan will be #first presenter with: Spatial Analysis of Archaeological Excavation Data through MR/ AR 📅 SAT, Sep 19 Yishu Deng will explore broader regional connections through Archaeology. 🔗 site.pheedloop.com/event/ARISC2...

Before tripadvisor, guidebooks decided what was "worth seeing." Prof. Elvan Cobb (HKBU) takes us back to the Mediterranean of 1881–1911 to uncover how guidebooks curated the touristic gaze. 📅16 SEP 2026 (Wed) | 16:00–17:00 HKT 📍CPD-2.45, 2/F, The Jockey Club Tower, HKU hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hd...

🎉Congrats to APSAP on receiving HKU’s Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2026 for “Understanding Our Shared Human Past through Archaeology.” We’re grateful to Prof. Caitlin Curtis Whitaker and the Armenian Heritage Development Foundation for collaboration! www.ke.hku.hk/spotlight/fa...

📚 Enjoyed our recent article on the Digital Curation Crisis? Take a look at 'A Systems-Thinking Model of Data Management and Use in US Archaeology', where Elizabeth Bollwerk, Neha Gupta & Jolene Smith explore how data creation, #curation, and reuse all work together as one system. 🔗 Read more

New Course: ARCL1001: Archaeology Around the Globe We invite all HKU undergraduate students to explore the wonders of the human past in our brand new course, ARCL1001! Open to all, no prior coursework is necessary. Sign up on August 4! Course meeting time: Semester 1, Fall 2026, Tues 2-3:50pm.

📚New Publication 'Infrastructured Landscapes: Spatial Histories of Early Ottoman Railways' by Prof Elvan Cobb from the Department of History at HK Baptist University. The Open Access book explores the significance of early Ottoman railways in western Anatolia.📖 Book link: brill.com/display/titl...

New introductory HKU course ARCL1001 on Global Archaeology debuts, and ARCL2020 Archaeological Fieldwork and CCHU9080 for academic year 2026/27. No background needed – explore global wonders, dig into real archaeological sites, or rethink material culture with us – All you need is curiosity.

The final, Day 5, of "Digging the Past (ACT260321)"! HKU Academy for the Talented Dr Shengyu Wang, an experienced curator for museums shared about the behind-the-scenes decisions. Afterwards, our students made their own exhibitions based on their finds from Day 3 with beautiful displays!

Highschoolers from the HKU Academy of the Talented explored the next steps of archaeology beyond just excavation! On Day 4 of “Digging the Past!” they performed ceramic conservation and visited the Palace Museum. Friday is the last day of teaching, stay tuned!

Day 3 of "Digging the Past! Archaeology and Technology for Understanding the Humans Who Came Before Us"-Secondary school students built their own archaeological contexts, and used clay to sculpt their own pottery vessels! Look at their marvelous oinochoes, amphoras, animal jars and more!

Day 2 of summer course "Digging the Past! Archaeology and Technology for Understanding the Humans Who Came Before Us"! We visited Wun Yiu Klin to see the remains of an animal-driven grinder and pottery fragments. Students learnt about Archaeometallurgy and lithics analysis with the hands-on designs!

Day 1 of HKU Academy for the Talented summer course 'Digging the Past! Archaeology and Technology for Understanding the Humans Who Came Before Us'! Secondary school students began by doing a simulated dig, learning different branches of archaeology, and recreating an archaeological site digitally!

Read new student blog by Pang Ching about joining an archaeological field project in Armenia! Follow the journey from the first days in the lab to working at the excavation site, learning archaeological methods, and becoming part of an international research team. openarchaeology.org/armenia/2026...

🎮 Fun labor is still labor. Emma Yasui explores the realities of archaeological #consulting in the games industry, arguing that meaningful collaboration, ethical representation, and fair #compensation all matter when integrating history into game design. 📖 Read the open-access article below

🔎 The Society for American Archaeology has launched its search for a new Executive Director. The search committee is working with Kittleman & Associates to identify candidates and guide the process, with interviews planned for this fall and onboarding expected in November. Learn more:

📊 Data literacy is essential for modern archaeology, yet rarely taught explicitly. In a new Digital Review, Paulina F. Przystupa calls for #data literacy to become a core part of archaeological #education and professional development as the field becomes increasingly data-driven. Explore more:

Surface survey completed, APSAP has moved into full excavation! After clearing weeds and loosening the topsoil, students sieved soil to sort out pottery, stone and bones. At the end of each day, they swept and vacuumed the site. The process was so fascinating—You never know what you'll find.

Congrats to @saa-aap.bsky.social at @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org for the release of their latest issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Check out the digital review on #DigitalLiteracy in #Archaeology: doi.org/10.1017/aap....

Back on the slopes for the 2026 field season with the APSAP Project and #HKU ARTH2110 students! Our first day in the landscape of Armenia was all about pottery ID, surface surveying, teamwork, and careful searching for new material remains. A great start to the season!

Celebrating the vibrant HKU Student Learning Festival on 29 April 2026. Displaying students’ work from the course CCHU9080 ‘Dead People’s Things: Excavating the Past with Archaeology’, our booth presented a fusion of archaeology and VR technology on campus. commoncore.hku.hk/event/studen...

HKU Students had a fun hands-on learning experience in the Common Core course CCHU9080 Dead People’s Things: Excavating the Past with Archaeology. Students explored the meaning and value of everyday objects in creative ways and crafted unique artefacts with #play-doh. commoncore.hku.hk/cchu9080

Secondary School students, join us at HKU Academy for the Talented this summer and do archaeology with your own hands. Register: talented.hku.hk/hku_programm... Partially inspired by a summer programme co-developed by Armenian Heritage Development Foundation: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

HKU Faculty of Education colleagues’ articles about supporting grad students in Writing for Publication in @berj-2025.bsky.social / @livunipress.bsky.social : bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/... doi.org/10.1017/aap....

✨ Thank you for visiting us at Jumpstarter 2026 ✨ We were excited to be part of this dynamic and innovative event and to show how our interactive XR tools can support archaeological research and excavation. More from APSAP coming soon. Stay tuned! 🔗 www.jumpstarter.hk

Our publication 'From the field to the museum: engaging young Armenians in the complete life-cycle of archaeological artifacts' in @tandfresearch.bsky.social has 700+ views! It is about an educational program in partnership with Armenian Heritage Development Foundation. doi.org/10.1080/2051...

The Faculty of Arts, HKU is recruiting a Lecturer in the interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts in Humanities and Digital Technologies programme. If you’re excited about interdisciplinary teaching and digital innovation in the arts, consider applying! jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53476...

Secondary school students: Join the HKU Academy for the Talented summer program to uncover the human past through the objects and spaces left behind. You’ll conduct excavations, analyze finds, and create an exhibit! Come dig, discover, and bring the past to life! talented.hku.hk/hku_programm...

🎉New article by HKU’s Prof. Lukas Liu et al:
“Mapping Evidence-Based XR Experiences in Archaeology Education: A Systematic Review,” explores #XR in #archaeology education and the importance of instructional design. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... related to: digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/jae/vol8/iss...

Congrats to Mechanical Engineering on the opening of HKU Engineering MSc Student Commons on 11 Feb 26—a dedicated space to Meet, Study, Collab. We are delighted to be able to work together each year with Mechnical Engineering Masters students on their dissertations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5pz...