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Cornell's coin collection is one of the best-kept secrets on campus, but if archaeologist Annetta Alexandridis has her way, the world will soon have access to every one of its 1,500 coins.

The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 lines is the oldest dated and illustrated Sanskrit manuscript known worldwide.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Angels are everywhere today-on lapel pins, magnetic dashboard figures, keepsake ornaments and in a Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

As we approach Remembrance Day, a Cambridge University project that looks at the role of memorials in conflict-torn communities is drawing to a close.

Ancient manuscripts that hold important clues to India’s intellectual and religious traditions will be the focus of a new study. In a world that seems increasingly small, every artefact documenting the history of ancient civilisations has become part of a global heritage to be carefully preserved and studied." —Dr Vincenzo Vergiani A major exercise in ‘linguistic archaeology’ has set out to complete a comprehensive survey of Cambridge University Library’s South Asian manuscript collection, which includes the oldest dated and illustrated Sanskrit manuscript known worldwide.

WHO: Michael Meister, professor of South Asia Studies in the Department of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania WHAT: Penn Lightbulb Café lecture on "Conducting Research in Pakistan: Restoring Religious Monuments in Swat" WHEN: Wednesday, Nov.

Brian Hanrahan has a special appreciation for the crackle, fuzz and background chatter that characterize old radio broadcasts.

As Canadians prepare to honour fallen soldiers this Remembrance Day, the federal government has announced funding for a website which chronicles the lives of war veterans, including U of'T graduate Lt.

As Canadians prepare to honour fallen soldiers this Remembrance Day, the federal government has announced funding for a website which chronicles the lives of war veterans, including U of'T graduate Lt.

Emerging Issues in Biological Futures II: A Panel Discussion on Global Health will be presented from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. How Abraham Lincoln viewed the U.S. Constitution played a more important role in preserving the Union during the Civil War than previous scholarship has indicated, according to a new book by Mark E. Neely Jr.

Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire tells the story of the Pacific Islanders and their early interactions with Western travellers from the viewpoint of the Islanders themselves and sets the arrival of Westerners within a context of existing voyages within the region.

A lavishly-illustrated book on the pre-Columbian goldwork of Panama has been published by Nicholas Saunders, lecturer in the University of Bristol's Department of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Scientists are in a race against time to help save the last remaining intact World War II German light bomber Dornier Do-17, known as The Flying Pencil (Fliegender Bleistift), which lies underwater in the English Channel off the Kentish coast in the UK.

Ninety years after Frederick Banting , Charles Best , John Macleod and Bertram Collip uncovered the role of insulin in diabetes, the legacy of their ground-breaking discovery has a place to call home.

In Africa 140 years ago, David Livingstone, the Victorian explorer, met Henry M. Stanley of the New York Herald and gave him a harrowing account of a massacre he witnessed, in which slave traders slaughtered 400 innocent people.

Research by a Plymouth graduate has shed new light on the World War II Cockleshell Heroes raid, which will be screened on national television this week. Tom Keene’s research conducted as part of his Plymouth PhD studies reveals that a lack of communication between allied units led to unnecessary deaths during the famous Cockleshell Heroes raid on enemy shipping.

The center, whose twin pillars are undergraduate teaching and faculty research, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year.

25 Oct 2011 With the 2011 Australian Boat Race just days away, some of the best rowers in the country will face off at an official pre-race weigh-in at the University of Melbourne on Friday.

The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham is to give the first in a series of free talks at The University of Nottingham's Great Hall to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the King James version of the Bible.

24 October 2011 Do you remember Sheffield in the 1980s? Project appeals for witnesses The University of Sheffield's Department of History is appealing to the public to share their memories of Sheffield in the 1980s.

20 Oct 2011 Children at Moorlands Junior School in Sale are getting expert help with their project on ancient Egypt.

19 Oct 2011 The UK mainland's first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been discovered by archaeologists working in the Scottish Highlands. The 5m-long grave contained the remains of a high status Viking, who was buried with an axe, a sword with a beautifully decorated hilt, a spear, shield boss and bronze ring-pin.

(Editor's note: This story on English professor James Shapiro was originally published in the May 14, 2010, Vol.

CHAMPAIGN, lll. In 1990, a team of researchers and medical experts placed an ancient Egyptian mummy into a computed tomography (CT) scanner at a hospital in Central Illinois, hoping to learn what they could about the individual shrouded inside its linen cocoon. Those scans, along with X-rays and analyses of fragments collected from the fraying base of the mummy, revealed that it was a child from a wealthy family, likely from the Roman period of ancient Egypt.

Senator George Mitchell, former US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, received an honorary doctorate from King's at a reception yesterday in the Great Hall.

A new book on media ethics by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Stephen J. A. Ward explores the leading issues in global, online media.

14 Oct 2011 An archaeologist working in Syria has solved the mystery of why one of Islam's earliest fortresses dropped out of the historical record around 1,100 years ago.

Art history professor Stephen Murray has been lucky enough to spend months at a time snapping pictures of France's Gothic cathedrals so others interested in these architectural marvels who may not have the resources to go to Europe won't have to.

October 11, 2011 PASADENA, Calif.

The Power of Stories will be the theme for this year's Arts and Humanities Festival when the School throws opens its doors to the public to showcase the diversity and impact of its research on society.

TV historian gives first Mass Observation anniversary lecture A series of five lectures to celebrate Mass Observation's 75th anniversary begins this month with a talk by social historian and best-selling author Juliet Gardiner.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Cleaning your hands removes more than dirt, it also removes residues of the past, such as guilt and doubt, a new University of Michigan study finds.

Deborah Lipstadt, author of "The Eichmann Trial and History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier," will speak about Holocaust denial at two events in Minnesota this month.

02 October 2011 If you put an electrode into the brain of an extremely depressed patient, there is a risk that the procedure could lead to personality changes. On the other hand, the depression itself also causes changes to the sufferer’s personality. How can the risks best be balanced against the possibilities? These are topical issues for doctoral student in ethics Veronica Johansson, who works with LU’s Neuronano Research Centre.

Three of the pillars of Thai society are under the spotlight in a new vodcast and podcast series titled ' Chat, Sasana, Phramahakasat : Nation, Religion, King'.

Historians should play more of a role in tackling some of the greatest questions facing the planet, according to a new book.

Research from the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) at the University of Warwick suggests the 19th Century 'protestant work ethic' could have given the economies of northe

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. It's not one border, one time, that makes an immigrant, says Dorothee Schneider. It's not a matter of crossing over and you're done.

Talk by Emily Winterburn on Saturday 1 October 2011 How did you learn science at school' Do you think it would have differed very much from a lesson in 1911 or even earlier' The University of Leeds h

Sept. AUSTIN, Texas — The United States must follow five fundamental principles in order to successfully build strong, self-sufficient nations in post-conflict situations, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.

The New York Times has featured an article about the city of Lund in its travel section, published 23 September 2011.