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Kourion, Cyprus. Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay

Fitzwilliam Museum prepares to launch Islanders exhibition

15 Feb 2023

The Fitzwilliam's major new exhibition, the culmination of a three-year research project, explores the evolution of island identity on Cyprus, Crete...

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Left: Bella with the host oak tree Right: Perigord black truffle

Périgord black truffle cultivated in the UK for the first time

06 Nov 2017

The Mediterranean black truffle, one of the world’s most expensive ingredients, has been successfully cultivated in the UK, as climate change...

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Refugees on a boat crossing the Mediterranean sea, heading from Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, 29 January 2016

Trading on human tides – the 'free market' of people smuggling

31 Jul 2017

Cambridge criminologists are using emerging sources of information – from court records to Facebook groups – to analyse the networks behind one of...

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1,000 years of history to be digitised following unique appeal

09 Dec 2013

A campaign to save ancient documents chronicling 1,000 years of history has succeeded after £1.2m was raised by the universities of Cambridge and...

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The 'bath-ring' in Crete

Tsunami risk in the Mediterranean

01 May 2008

Research reveals the cause of an ancient catastrophe that could threaten the Mediterranean again.

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