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World first as 3,000-year-old Chinese oracle bones go 3D

21 Mar 2016

A 3000-year-old ox bone - inscribed with the earliest-known example of Chinese writing - has become the world's first 'oracle bone' to be scanned and...

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Knowing me, knowing you

20 Oct 2015

What can museum collections tell us about people and their stories? On Sunday 25 October 2015, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will host...

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The Mary Rose

New single-step method for conserving waterlogged wooden artefacts

11 Nov 2014

A safer, greener material for conserving waterlogged wooden artefacts, such as those recovered from Henry VIII’s ship Mary Rose, could preserve...

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Maori paddles collected on Captain Cook's first voyage

Captain Cook’s Maori paddles: an artefact of encounter

22 May 2013

Maori paddles presented to Captain Cook’s crew on their first voyage of discovery capture the spirit of a first encounter between two cultures.

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Cambridgeshire Quarry throws up 4,500-year-old find

16 Jul 2010

A remarkable piece of Neolithic rock art, unlike anything previously found in Eastern England, has been unearthed in the Cambridgeshire village of...

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