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Alumni AccoladeMay 3, 2024W&L Alumnus Benji Hess ’23 Earns U.S. Teaching Assistantship to Austria

Hess will teach English in Austria and prepare for a career as an educator.

On Campus April 17, 2024Unearthing History

Students, faculty and alumni gathered April 12-13 to recognize the archaeological evolution of W&L’s back campus.

Campus EventsMarch 27, 2024W&L Students to Host Archaeological Commemorative Event

The April 6 gathering marks the restoration of “The Foundation” on the university’s campus, originally part of the historic Liberty Hall Academy property.

Colleague ConnectionOctober 5, 2022Jon Eastwood

Jon Eastwood serves as department chair for sociology and anthropology.

In the NewsJuly 22, 2021Lost and Found

Two presenters who met at a 2017 conference at Washington and Lee joined forces to repatriate a stolen Nepali deity.

In Case You Missed It

ExhibitsApril 30, 2021New Exhibit Illustrates Perilous Path to Opportunity

Hostile Terrain 94, a global pop-up exhibit that takes a powerful look at the human cost of undocumented migration at the U.S. southern border, opened at W&L this week after years of planning and collaboration.

Distinctively DubyuhnellApril 29, 2021Immerse Yourself in Spring Term!

It's the most wonderful term of the year, so keep an eye on @wlunews social media and this post for a daily dose of W&L's deeply engaging four-week term.

My W&LJune 2, 2020‘You Won’t Want to Go Anywhere Else’

At W&L, Eric Herrera did field work in Ghana, created a biotech startup, and discovered the original location of the Alamo.

Faculty ProfileAugust 30, 2019The Big Dig

Who are we? Professor Alison Bell '91 uncovers clues about W&L’s complex identity through artifacts recovered near Liberty Hall Ruins.

Hands-On LearningApril 12, 2019Appalachian Trail Becomes Interdisciplinary Classroom

The Geology and Archaeology departments collaborated with W&L's Outing Club to create a fun, educational hike just a short drive from Lexington.

SSAFebruary 13, 2019Expert in Paleontology Sculptures to Give Keynote Speech for SSA

The title of Gary Staab’s presentation is “Digital Dinosaurs: Fleshing out the Past."

Public Lecture February 12, 2019Washington and Lee Hosts Public Lecture with Erin Walcheck Averett

Averett’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled “Frightening the Frightful: Grotesque Visages from Ancient Cyprus.”

AcademicsOctober 10, 2018Filling the Gaps

In response to student demand, Washington and Lee University has added three new interdisciplinary minors to enrich its curriculum.

Summer ExperienceAugust 15, 2018A Classical Career

While digging at the Athenian Agora Excavation in Greece this summer, Allison Schuster '19 indulged her passion for archaeology and classics.

With VideoMay 30, 2018Sifting Through the Past

Donald Gaylord's Spring Term class introduced students to archaeological lab methods through hands-on experience, readings and field trips.

In the NewsNovember 20, 2017W&L’s Alison Bell Featured in The Daily Progress

The story featured Bell and her work studying cemeteries in the Shenandoah Valley.

My W&LOctober 13, 2017Visiting George at Home

Anna Milewski '18 has spent time in fields, labs, carpenter shops and seminar rooms - and it was all part of one internship at the home of George Washington.

January 27, 2017Ancient Tablet is ‘Exquisite in its Simplicity’

In the first installment of this new series, Tom Camden offers the story of a Sumerian clay tablet that is the oldest recorded document in W&L's Special Collections.

Looking for older stories? See the complete Archaeology archive.