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CAER Studio to nurture a new generation of artists

20 March 2018

Creative project inspired by historic hillfort site has been given a funding boost

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Teaching excellence

6 March 2018

History academics lead the way in undergraduate studies

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Hannibal’s Elephant Army – how did an audacious stratagem became one of history’s greatest military feats?

21 February 2018

Expedition seeks evidence of the outlandish route that took Carthage into Rome’s heartlands

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Fatberg! The highs and lows of Conservation

20 February 2018

Alumnus’ latest challenge calls on principles honed in Conservation degrees

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Workshops to give people a real taste of cooking, the Neolithic way

9 February 2018

What did the people who built Stonehenge eat? Those with an appetite for archaeology will be able to find out first-hand in a series of events taking place across the UK

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The Oscars of Higher Education

7 February 2018

Engagement project scoops major award at the Times Higher Education Awards

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Ritual and Religion explored through the lens of organic materials

29 January 2018

New book co-edited by Cardiff archaeologist examines latest bioarchaeological evidence from across Europe

Answering the big contemporary issues effectively: Shaping best practice for Sciences and Humanities Collaborations

15 January 2018

Experts across the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University are working together to identify best practice to help government and third sector organizations think in innovative ways about interdisciplinary collaboration.

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Success for Cardiff University in Higher Education ‘Oscars’

1 December 2017

Local and international engagement work secures two major awards

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Seismic Roman battle reconsidered by popular historical novelist

10 November 2017

One of world history’s most significant defeats gets a combatants' perspective at highlight public lecture

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Community Project shortlisted for prestigious Archaeology Award

2 November 2017

CAER Heritage Project nominated for 2017 Marsh Award

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Flanders and Wales

1 November 2017

Remembering Passchendaele one century on

Conservation students begin work on the African Drumming project for the University's School of Music

Big impact at Institute of Conservation’s first-ever Twitter Conference

12 October 2017

Respected globally, Conservation from the University has made a big impact at the Institute of Conservation’s first Twitter Conference.

Research at Caerleon

How to feed an invading army thousands of miles from home

4 October 2017

Biochemical data used for first time by Cardiff University archaeologists to reveal origin of livestock supplied to the Roman fortress in Caerleon

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Fluctuating fortunes of one of UK’s world heritage sites revealed

20 September 2017

Picture of Prehistoric Orkney changes through new scientific dating study in internationally-respected journal Antiquity.

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Hidden Hillfort connects people with the past

14 September 2017

Mark Drakeford AM and Cardiff University’s Vice-Chancellor launch major community project

Michaelston Community College pupils and retired residents, with Dr Stephanie Ward and Dr Dave Wyatt

Our World War – Cardiff suburb reclaims lost heritage

13 September 2017

Community-led research project reveals homes fit for heroes and the lasting effects of the First World War on a corner of Wales

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Ancient Athens revealed through its inscriptions

5 September 2017

Attic inscriptions in UK collections to be made accessible in new project

Lording over Time

16 August 2017

This year’s leading Theoretical Archaeology Conference comes to Wales

Shell-Shock: Investigating the medical response to psychological breakdown in the wake of the First World War

5 July 2017

A Cardiff historian has written a thought-provoking reassessment of medical responses to war-related psychological breakdown in the early twentieth century.