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From fleece to the fibre of local identity: the man in the foreground wears a traditional Fair Isle jumper for working with sheep

Making the cloth that binds us: spinning, weaving and island identity

10 Nov 2012

Ben Cartwright, a member of Cambridge鈥檚 Material Culture Lab, is an archaeologist whose research focuses on the ways in which the crafts of spinning...

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Exhibits at Cambridge鈥 Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.  探花直播museum鈥檚 recent refurbishment will be the subject of one of the Cambridge Heritage Research Group鈥檚 public discussions this term.

Public discussions tackle challenge of keeping the past alive

02 Nov 2012

China鈥檚 heritage industry and the politics of the past are just some topics up for discussion in a series of public heritage seminars this term.

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A portrait of John Lewis Burckhardt from his 鈥楾ravels in Syria and the Holy Land鈥.

探花直播man who discovered a 鈥榣ost鈥 wonder of the world

22 Aug 2012

Among the numerous treasures at Cambridge 探花直播 Library are the private documents of the explorer, John Lewis Burckhardt, who rediscovered Petra...

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Leg and torso from the model of a four-legged animal, possibly a deer or horse. This is one of 36 ceramic items recovered from Vela Spila, Croatia.

Archaeologists uncover Palaeolithic ceramic art

24 Jul 2012

Ceramics found on the coast of the Adriatic attest to a hitherto unknown artistic culture which flourished during the last Ice Age, thousands of...

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 探花直播traditional image of Neanderthals as gritty people who spent most of their time out hunting might not be entirely accurate, according to a new study revealing that they may have had to devote hours to daily subsistence tasks instead.

Caveman about the house

19 Jul 2012

探花直播traditional image of Neanderthals as gritty people who spent most of their time out hunting might not be entirely accurate, according to a new...

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 探花直播Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur by John F Herring Sr. (1795 - 1865)

Solved: two of the historic riddles of horse racing

02 Jun 2012

探花直播identity of the winner of the 1880 Epsom Derby 鈥 the classic race to be run today - was famously disputed. Now analysis of DNA from the bones of...

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Detail from the tablet found at Ziyaret Tepe. Inscribed with Cuneiform characters, the tablet consists of a list of women's names, many of which appear to be from a previously unknown language.

Archaeologists discover lost language

10 May 2012

Evidence for a forgotten ancient language which dates back more than 2,500 years, to the time of the Assyrian Empire, has been found by...

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Abraham Pietersz. van Calraet  Landscape with Figures and Horses

Mystery of the domestication of the horse solved

08 May 2012

Research reconciles competing theories about the origin of the domestic horse.

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Anglo-Saxon bed burial with gold cross

Mystery of Anglo-Saxon teen buried in bed with gold cross

16 Mar 2012

Extraordinary 7th century discovery on outskirts of Cambridge offers unique insights into the origins of English Christianity.

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Finds from the mass grave in Dorset.

Viking mass grave linked to elite killers of the medieval world

25 Jan 2012

A mass grave found in Dorset could belong to a crew of Viking mercenaries who terrorised Europe in the 11th century 鈥 according to a new documentary...

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One of six Bronze Age boats found during the excavation at Must Farm Quarry.

探花直播Bronze Age 鈥 now in 3D

09 Dec 2011

One of the most important later Bronze Age sites ever discovered in Britain is being excavated near Peterborough, providing a richly detailed, 鈥3D鈥...

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Hugh in the recreated tunnel at Zagan

Recreating 鈥 探花直播Great Escape鈥

28 Nov 2011

First it was the Dambusters raid, now Cambridge 探花直播鈥檚 Dr Hugh Hunt has helped to recreate 鈥 探花直播Great Escape鈥 from Germany鈥檚 infamous Stalag...

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