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Dark clouds over the White House

White House veteran warns of gathering storm

01 Nov 2012

As America reels from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, a Cambridge academic and White House veteran is warning of a looming foreign policy storm...

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Prayer

Finding higher meaning at the Festival of Ideas

26 Oct 2012

Christianity, Buddhism, and the Baha’i Faith will come together for the first time in Cambridge on Friday 26 October as part of this year’s Festival...

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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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PD 3451, Zal shoots a water-fowl (c.1570) (detail)

From 10th century poetry to live rap – discover more about the culture of Iran

26 Apr 2012

An evening at Lucy Cavendish College next Monday will bring together speakers and musicians from Cambridge and beyond to look at the ways in which...

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