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‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story

26 November 2019

Analysis by Dr Martin Worthington on nine lines of the Gilgamesh Flood story shows duplicitous language and word play by the Babylonian god Ea.

Portrait of first female Oxbridge professor unveiled

14 November 2019

A new portrait of Dorothy Garrod, Disney Professor of Archaeology 1939-1952, by artist Sara Lavelle has been officially unveiled at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.

Terracotta Army research awarded Pineapple Science Award in China

7 November 2019

Research by a collaborative team of UK-based and Chinese researchers has been awarded the prestigious Pineapple Science Award in Chemistry.

Cambridge computational archaeologist amongst Leverhulme Prize winners

14 October 2019

Dr Enrico Crema announced as recipient of a 2019 Philip Leverhulme prize

Hector Orengo and Arnau Garcia use a drone in archaeological survey

Archaeological eye in the sky

26 September 2019

New archaeological survey method uses high resolution drone-imagery and machine learning to detect ancient pottery and identify past human occupation.

Cambridge Archaeology Events at the 2019 Festival of Ideas

2 September 2019

The University's Festival of Ideas runs 14 - 27 October and Cambridge Archaeology are holding a number of free public events. Please join us!

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‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story

Portrait of first female Oxbridge professor unveiled

Terracotta Army research awarded Pineapple Science Award in China

Cambridge computational archaeologist amongst Leverhulme Prize winners

Archaeological eye in the sky

Cambridge Archaeology Events at the 2019 Festival of Ideas

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