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Detail from the Cambridge Songs manuscript leaf that was stolen from and then recovered by Cambridge University Library.

First performance in 1,000 years: ‘lost’ songs from the Middle Ages are brought back to life

23 Apr 2016

An ancient song repertory will be heard for the first time in 1,000 years this week after being ‘reconstructed’ by a Cambridge researcher and a world...

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The Chariot of Zeus, from Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred Church

Disbelieve it or not, ancient history suggests that atheism is as natural to humans as religion

16 Feb 2016

People in the ancient world did not always believe in the gods, a new study suggests – casting doubt on the idea that religious belief is a 'default...

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Rome with Mary Beard

Meet The Romans with Mary Beard

13 Apr 2012

A three part series starting on BBC2 next Tuesday explores what life in Ancient Rome was really like for normal citizens living in the world’s first...

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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

The British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year’s Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the...

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Roman marbles

Re-interpreting Greece and Rome at The 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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Cambridge teaching for adult learners enters cyberspace

04 Sep 2006

Adult learners are to be given the chance to study everything from climate change to ancient Rome online with the University of Cambridge, starting...

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