Centres

Explore the centres our staff are involved in that facilitate our outstanding research.

Archaeological dig

Manchester Centre for Archaeology and Egyptology

Bringing Archaeology and Egyptology together at The University of Manchester.
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Archaeological Science Network

Manchester's Science Network focuses on scientific archaeology and is dispersed across many units and faculties at The University.
Rope from the ancient world

Experimental Archaeology Group

Giving staff and students hands-on experience to make, use and research the artefacts and materials they encounter in their studies.
John Rylands Library

The John Rylands Research Institute and Library

World-leading research community working towards opening up Special Collections to a global audience.
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Manchester Centre for Correspondence Studies

The MCCS team comprises colleagues from many projects at The University.
Statue of Cicero

Ancient Epistolography Network

The network aims to galvanise the study of ancient letter collections.
Obsidian

Manchester Obsidian Laboratory

Obsidian analysis at the University of Manchester, with over 6,500 archaeological artefacts analysed to date.
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Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media

Digital Humanities methodologies are prominent in CAHAE’s research culture, particularly text encoding and imaging.