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Archaeology is my profession. Naturally, I like to talk about it, because there is so much interesting going on. I also think that Archaeology offers a lot to everyone, young and old.

The alps seen from Innsbruck with the river Inn in the foreground.


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Project Meeting in Innsbruck

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2024-11-22

I reported before, that currently I am part of a bi-national project called Meet and Greet. The project is concerned with Roman fora, so public places, and how they were used. It is a joint venture of the Universities of Cologne and Basel, but we also collaborate with the…


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Academia Archaeology Games

Upcoming Archaeogaming Hackathon in Cologne

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2024-11-01

Between the 6th and 8th of December 2024, the network “Digitale Kompetenzen in der Archäologie” (DiKopA) is offering an Archaeogaming Hackathon. I am one of two tutors and am exciting the share the news. In two mornings and two afternoons we will try to create playable games related to…

Legs of sitting people noting things down. © Photo by The Climate Reality Project on Unsplash


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Upcoming conferences and workshops

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2024-10-18

As you might know, I am a friend of conferences and workshops. It is not only about travelling around,but also about meeting friends and building networks. To constantly go to conferences and workshops, one has to constantly plan ahead. Today I want to tell you about my plans for…

Screenshot of a website offering Archaeogames of the summer term 2024.


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A new batch of Archaeogames (2024)

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2024-10-11

In this third instalment of published Archaeogames, I present the works of my students of the academic year 2024. I already wrote about the games of 2022 and 2023. This semester, my students produced four video games concerned with archaeology in one or the other way. All games are…

A handsome young(ish) guy giving a presentation to an audience.


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Workshop in Changchun, China

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2024-10-04

Between the 23-24 September 2024, I was participating in a workshop on “Future Developments of Digital Humanities and Didactics in Global Ancient Studies” at the Northeastern Normal University in Changchun China. It was one of the friendliest and interesting workshops I was able to participate in. The long way…

RTI image of the slab showing details enhanced by the RTI technology. © Sebastian Hageneuer 2023


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Archaeology

Making a rhino visible!

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2024-08-16

Today a joint article was published with Springer about a whooly rhino on a stone slab, that I analysed via Reflectance Transformation Imaging. My part was actually very small, but I am nevertheless happy this paper is out now and open access! It is also my first paper with…

Old video game screenshot from the game “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981)


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Archaeology Games

New publication out: Indiana Jones in video games

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2024-06-28

It took a while, but last week a new publication came out that includes a chapter from me. I am proud to be part of this volume and to be able to write a little about video games. I am not only looking at a specific Indiana Jones game,…

A screenshot of Flint Dibble during the Roe Rogan Experience podcast.


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Archaeology

Dibble vs. Hancock

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2024-05-03

A while ago I ranted about a then new Netflix show called Ancient Apocalypse created and moderated by Graham Hancock. Naturally, I wasn’t the only archaeologist discussing this show and many more spoke out. One of them was Flint Dibble, a scholar currently affiliated with Cardiff University, who also…

3D render of the Ashurbanipal Banquet Scene | © Sebastian Hageneuer with kind permission of The British Museum


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Presentation about the Banquet Scene of Ashurbanipal

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2024-04-19

A couple days ago I was presenting about my project on the Banquet Scene of Ashurbanipal to an audience. As I am in the midst of the project itself, I wasn’t sure what to talk about really. I therefore just told the story how I started, what I have…

The photo shows the relief BM124794 of the British Museum, where Elamite nobles bring presents to the Neo-Assyrian king Assurbanipal.


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A new trip to the British Museum

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2024-03-29

So I have already reported about my first visit and my second visit at the BM. There, I scanned the Ashurbanipal relief. I was also in Berlin and Leiden to scan further fragments of the same relief. This week I returned to the British Museum to scan yet another…

Sebastian Hageneuer
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Hi! My name is Sebastian. I am an archaeologist, a university lecturer, freelancer, guitarist, and father. You could say I am quiet busy, so I learned to manage my time and energy to build good habits and still have space for myself and my family. Sounds difficult? Read here how I do it. (Nearly) Every Friday.

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