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History / Archeology - 24.11.2022 
Bioarcheologist comes face-to-face with King Tut
Renowned Western researcher Andrew Nelson studies bioarcheology, in part, because it allows him to understand how people lived thousands of years ago.
Campus - History / Archeology - 27.10.2022
Campus - History / Archeology - 03.10.2022
History / Archeology - 16.09.2022
Law - History / Archeology - 16.09.2022
History / Archeology - 12.09.2022 
Researchers piece together the story of an ancient Roman city - one artifact at a time
From small coins to tiny pieces of ceramic and even clumps of soil, Seth Bernard and a group of graduate students from the University of Toronto are unearthing a story about how a Roman city founded in 241 BCE lived and breathed through time.
History / Archeology - Innovation - 06.09.2022
History / Archeology - 31.08.2022
Career - History / Archeology - 02.08.2022
History / Archeology - 18.07.2022
History / Archeology - 29.06.2022
Social Sciences - History / Archeology - 24.05.2022
Social Sciences - History / Archeology - 12.05.2022
History / Archeology - Campus - 28.04.2022
History / Archeology - 19.04.2022 
The world’s first photographically illustrated book is at UdeM
Botanist Anna Atkins was the first person in the world to publish a book illustrated with photographs.
Environment - History / Archeology - 12.04.2022
History / Archeology - Campus - 04.04.2022
Health - History / Archeology - 01.04.2022
History / Archeology - Linguistics / Literature - 16.03.2022
Campus - History / Archeology - 07.03.2022
History / Archeology - 11.02.2022
History / Archeology - 10.02.2022 
Black people’s relationship with Shakespeare is complicated
Q&As Erik Rolfsen Black people have a long history with Shakespeare-and a long history of bumping up against the Bard's white gatekeepers.
History / Archeology - Campus - 10.02.2022 
Using Philip Smith’s archaeological archives to rediscover Iran’s ’Treasure Valley’
Julien Riel-Salvatore has used archaeologist Philip Smith's archives from the Ganj Dareh dig in Iran to create a 3D reconstruction of a section of the important human heritage site. Faced with the constraints created by the pandemic, Julien Riel-Salvatore got creative. Unable to visit the Italian archaeological sites he specializes in, the professor in the University of Montreal's Anthropology Department set to work studying part of an orphaned collection of artifacts originally assembled by Canadian archaeologist Philip Smith.
History / Archeology - Campus - 02.02.2022
History / Archeology - Campus - 26.01.2022
History / Archeology - 25.01.2022
Social Sciences - History / Archeology - 21.01.2022
History / Archeology - 20.01.2022
Art and Design - History / Archeology - 19.01.2022
Social Sciences - History / Archeology - 19.01.2022
Health - History / Archeology - 07.01.2022
Innovation - History / Archeology - 04.01.2022 
University of Toronto researchers investigate the hidden history of ’Black androids’
It began as a series of isolated references - the term would appear in a historical article here, a book there.
History / Archeology - Campus - 02.12.2021
History / Archeology - Campus - 30.11.2021
Health - History / Archeology - 11.11.2021 
’A distinctly Canadian legacy’: Frederick Banting helped pioneer aviation medicine during the Second World War
Doctor and researcher. Inventor and Nobel laureate. Painter and war hero. Frederick Banting is widely recognized for achievements in many fields - including, famously, the discovery of insulin with colleagues at the University of Toronto and partner hospitals a century ago.
Campus - History / Archeology - 08.11.2021
History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 29.10.2021
History / Archeology - 25.10.2021 
Open book: University of Toronto’Aga Khan exhibit explores secrets within ancient texts
An ancient book can tell a story in more ways than one. A wooden cover can offer clues about the climate when the book was made. Its paper and ink can tell us about technologies that were used at that point in history.
Politics - History / Archeology - 13.10.2021
Health - History / Archeology - 16.09.2021
History / Archeology - Campus - 09.09.2021
Campus - History / Archeology - 03.09.2021
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Renowned Western researcher Andrew Nelson studies bioarcheology, in part, because it allows him to understand how people lived thousands of years ago.
From small coins to tiny pieces of ceramic and even clumps of soil, Seth Bernard and a group of graduate students from the University of Toronto are unearthing a story about how a Roman city founded in 241 BCE lived and breathed through time.
Botanist Anna Atkins was the first person in the world to publish a book illustrated with photographs.
Western researchers first to map effects of England’s ’little ice age’
London Bridge during the Frost of 1795-1796. Daniel Turner painting, City of London Corporation It produced floods deep enough to carry away cattle, and winds powerful enough to sink flotillas.
London Bridge during the Frost of 1795-1796. Daniel Turner painting, City of London Corporation It produced floods deep enough to carry away cattle, and winds powerful enough to sink flotillas.
Q&As Erik Rolfsen Black people have a long history with Shakespeare-and a long history of bumping up against the Bard's white gatekeepers.
Julien Riel-Salvatore has used archaeologist Philip Smith's archives from the Ganj Dareh dig in Iran to create a 3D reconstruction of a section of the important human heritage site. Faced with the constraints created by the pandemic, Julien Riel-Salvatore got creative. Unable to visit the Italian archaeological sites he specializes in, the professor in the University of Montreal's Anthropology Department set to work studying part of an orphaned collection of artifacts originally assembled by Canadian archaeologist Philip Smith.
It began as a series of isolated references - the term would appear in a historical article here, a book there.
Doctor and researcher. Inventor and Nobel laureate. Painter and war hero. Frederick Banting is widely recognized for achievements in many fields - including, famously, the discovery of insulin with colleagues at the University of Toronto and partner hospitals a century ago.
An ancient book can tell a story in more ways than one. A wooden cover can offer clues about the climate when the book was made. Its paper and ink can tell us about technologies that were used at that point in history.
Expert insights: Canada’s worrisome urban-rural political divide has never been greater
By Zack Taylor and Jack Lucas, Special to Western News After all the ballots were counted in the recent Canadian federal election, was anyone surprised that Gudie Hutchings, incumbent Liberal MP in the district of Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland and Labrador, had been re-elected ?
By Zack Taylor and Jack Lucas, Special to Western News After all the ballots were counted in the recent Canadian federal election, was anyone surprised that Gudie Hutchings, incumbent Liberal MP in the district of Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland and Labrador, had been re-elected ?
