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Department of Anthropology and Archaelogy

Fox 2 spotlights UMSL archaeology professor’s visit to ancient Egyptian mummy exhibit at Saint Louis Science Center

Anne Austin used infrared light technology to study a tattoo with the wording "Pope Pius" in the "Mummies of the World" exhibit at the Saint Louis Science Center....

Archaeologist Anne Austin’s discovery of ancient Egyptian tattoos featured in national, international media

Austin used infrared photographs to reveal numerous tattoos on seven mummified bodies at Deir el-Medina, an Egyptian archaeological site. They had gone unnoticed for decades....

St. Louis teens create and collaborate through Gateway Writing Project’s OneCity Stories program

A diverse group of high schoolers learned about expression across many forms of media during a three-week course at UMSL at Grand Center....

Political scientist named UMSL’s first College Professor of Global Studies in Arts and Sciences

Department of Political Science faculty member Joyce Mushaben is taking the lead on plans for an interdisciplinary certificate program in ethnicity, migration and human diversity....