The University of Copenhagen, founded in 1479, is Denmark's oldest and largest university. Beyond its academic life, it regularly hosts public lectures, conferences and cultural events. Many of these take place in the historic buildings around Frue Plads in the city centre.
Physicist Troels Petersen from the Niels Bohr Institute explains how the north-south orientation of Egyptian pyramids can be used to date them.
Archaeologist Rune Rattenborg from the National Museum discusses the life and historical significance of Lawrence of Arabia.
Archaeologist Asta Salicath Halvorsen presents a lecture on wear trace analysis of bone tools and what it reveals about organic material in the Stone Age.
Archaeologist Kristian Alex Larsen discusses the excavations at Tell Seilun in Palestine and their significance a century after the first season.