University of Bristol
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A note on the use of CAPITALS: I have tried to use a capital University when talking about the University (or derivatives) but lower-case when referring to many universities,
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or universities in general. This is actually not in keeping with the capitalisation used in the quote from the Charter, but seems more appropriate to modern usage.
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Oldest toy in Britain
The carved animal figure above may be the oldest child's toy in Britain. Archaeologists from the University of Bristol found it last month near Stonhehnge and think it's at least 2,000 years old. They dug it out of a young child's grave. There is some debate about whether the toy is a pig or hedgehog. The Bronze Age figurine was likely made as a toy or in memory of the baby being stillborn or dying in infancy, archaeologist (Joshua Pollard) said... Evidence of toys during this period in British history is "extremely scant," Pollard said. "In fact, it's very rare to find any kind of representational art in British prehistory?almost to the extent where you get the impression there's a bit of a taboo on making images of animals or people." "Britain's Oldest Toy Found Buried With Stonehenge Baby?"...
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