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Aleppo, Umayyad (Great) Mosque courtyard
Aleppo, Umayyad (Great) Mosque courtyard in 2011. Minaret destroyed in 2013.
Credit: Ross Burns/Manar al-Athar

Oxford's Heritage projects

Afghan women

Oxford, heritage and conflict

Why Oxford archaeologists dream of seeing the Palmyra Arch rebuilt by Syrians.

Compton Verney

Oxford and Britain's heritage sector

How Oxford expertise is keeping Britain’s heritage sector in clover.

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Unlocking the world's oldest mystery script

Computer imaging could be the key, says Oxford linguist.

Tactile exhibit in the Ashmolean

Please Touch the Art

Could this revolutionise museum visits for the blind or partially sighted?

ArcheOx volunteers

Digging into Oxford's past

How volunteer archaeologists dug into Oxford’s deeper past.

Assyrian lion

Prophetic Assyrian omens

Why I used sheep entrails to predict the dawn of the Trump era.

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