Private planes, fast cars, yachts, diamonds and fancy watches – we know the signs of wealth when we see them. But have you ever considered that status symbols vary greatly across cultures, and that indications of luxury have varied historically?

Have you ever held on to a letter from a loved one and reread it several years later to relive times gone by? Have you ever stumbled across old photo albums in your parents’ loft and revelled in memories from your childhood? Or did you perhaps keep a journal while travelling around the world, to…

Royals have done it since the 15th century. Later the tradition was adopted by heads of state. And today rulers, celebrities and ordinary people alike make frequent use of this practice. Requesting the creation of portrait art has, for many years, been a most favoured way of immortalising oneself or…

New publication about the amazing results of the Northern Emporium project edited by UrbNet Deputy Director Professor Søren M. Sindbæk.

En netop åbnet særudstilling på Museet Ribes Vikinger tegner et helt nyt billede af Ribes fantastiske historie. Udstillingen viser genstande fra en omfattende udgravning i hjertet af Ribe, som i 2017-2018 blev gennemført som led i Semper Ardens-projektet Northern Emporium.

En ny særudstilling på Museet Ribes Vikinger deler nye arkæologiske indsigter om Ribes tidligste historie. Det sker på baggrund af opsigtsvækkende udgravninger i projektet Northern Emporium.

Tuesday 28 June, the new special exhibition “Vikingernes By” officially opened at the museum Ribes Vikinger.

Returning from three weeks heading a training excavation for second-semester archaeology students from Aarhus University, UrbNet Associate Professor Sarah Croix reflects on what is a life-changing experience for many of the participants.

Meet UrbNet PhD student Rhiannon Garth Jones. Rhiannon looks at the capital cities of Baghdad and Samarra through the lens of Late Antiquity to investigate how the early Abbasid caliphs used their cities to project a message of power and authority.

New publication by Cristina Boschetti, Jan Kindberg Jacobsen, Claudio Parisi Presicce, Rubina Raja, Nadine Schibille and Massimo Vitti.