考古学，古典学和埃及学系因其在各个领域的世界级跨学科研究而享誉国际，这些领域涉及人类和旧世界史前渊源，上古晚期的文化，语言和文字以及历史时期的考古学。古典和古代历史方面的专业知识从古希腊世界一直延伸到后期古代，在研究古希腊社会，文化，政治，宗教和医学，哲学，古希腊和拉丁文学，罗马帝国的文学文化方面具有特殊优势，古罗马的政治，经济和行政管理，以及现代世界对古典时期的欢迎。我们对希腊，埃及和罗马世界经济的长期研究创建了一个强大的跨学科研究集群，结合了经典，古代历史和考古学的专业知识。哲学硕士（MPhil）2年
The University of Liverpool has pioneered the study of the ancient world for more than 130 years and has an international reputation for excellence in both teaching and research. Ancient History and Classics have been taught in Liverpool since 1881. In 1904 the University established the Institute of Archaeology, the first centre for the academic study of the methods and practice of Archaeology alongside Egyptology and Classical Archaeology in the UK. Research in Classics and Ancient History at Liverpool centres on the study of ancient Greek society, culture, politics, philosophy, economy, religion and medicine, ancient Greek and Latin literature, the literary cultures of the Roman empire, the politics, economy and administration of ancient Rome, and receptions of Classical antiquity in the modern world.<br><br>The Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology is internationally reputed for its world-class interdisciplinary research in diverse fields ranging from the origins of humanity and Old World prehistory to the cultures, languages and texts of the late antiquity and the archaeology of the historical periods.<br><br>Expertise in Classics and Ancient History stretches from the archaic Greek world through to late antiquity with particular strengths in the study of Ancient Greek society, culture, politics, religion and medicine, philosophy, Ancient Greek and Latin literature, the literary cultures of the Roman empire, the politics, economy and administration of Ancient Rome, and receptions of Classical antiquity in the modern world. Our long-standing research into the economies of the Greek, Egyptian and Roman worlds create a strong interdisciplinary research cluster on Ancient Economies combining expertise from Classics & Ancient History and Archaeology. <br><br>With individual specialisms ranging from papyrology and epigraphy to digital humanities, and from literary analysis to the interrogation of visual and material culture, as a group we ask fundamental questions, challenge orthodoxies and established narratives, and strive to be innovative, bold and open in our investigations into the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.<br>With 42 academic & research staff and over 60 postgraduate researchers ACE forms one of the largest hubs for the academic study of the human past in the UK.<br>We welcome research proposals that match those of our researchers and that fall within and beyond around research themes.