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An over-dressed Victorian man looking at the nude Venus de Milo.

How classical sculpture helped to set impossible standards of beauty

18 Jul 2015

What do we mean when we say that someone has ‘classical’ good looks? Are male nudes in art appropriate viewing for family audiences? In looking at...

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"Maccari-Cicero" by Cesare Maccari. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Understanding the ancient world through language

22 May 2015

James Clackson's new book looks at what language use can tell us about ancient societies.

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̽»¨Ö±²¥roman port of Ostia

Roman dig ‘transforms understanding’ of ancient port

16 Apr 2014

Researchers from the universities of Cambridge and Southampton have discovered a new section of the boundary wall of the ancient Roman port of Ostia...

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Roman votive offering

Doctor’s orders, Roman style

04 Jan 2011

Rebecca Flemming from the Faculty of Classics works with ancient texts on health and reproduction.

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Senate House

Academics to join British Academy Fellowship

23 Jul 2010

̽»¨Ö±²¥British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year’s Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥Gift of life

Artificial pancreas a step closer for diabetic children

04 Feb 2010

Scientists in Cambridge have made a significant step towards developing a so-called "artificial pancreas" system for managing type 1 diabetes in...

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Map of test pits from the Willingham dig

Willingham Dig unveils village history

13 Oct 2009

Archaeological finds from thousands of years ago have been uncovered in a Cambridge village in an event which was part of the celebrations of the...

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Genizah fragment

̽»¨Ö±²¥Greek Bible of the Byzantine Jews

01 Sep 2009

Researchers at the Faculty of Divinity are using ancient manuscript fragments to re-evaluate a forgotten episode of biblical history.

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Iron AgeD

Revolutionising the understanding of the early social fabric of Cambridge

09 Jan 2009

A new book published by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) suggests that population density in the later prehistoric / Roman Cambridge area may...

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Roman marbles

Re-interpreting Greece and Rome at ̽»¨Ö±²¥Fitzwilliam Museum

01 Sep 2008

Recent funding will enable collaboration between classicists and museum curators, and shape a major re-display of Greek and Roman art and archaeology...

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Anything on the hearth tonight, love?

13 Apr 2007

A new study suggests the TV dinner is the evolutionary next step in the history of dining.

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