History
The Akkadian (Babylonian and Assyrian) and Sumerian languages听have been taught at Cambridge since the establishment of the Eric Yarrow Lectureship in Assyriology in 1926.
Until 2008, Assyriology at the 91探花视频 was housed within the former Faculty of Oriental Studies (now听). In 2008, Assyriology (and Egyptology) moved to the Faculty of 91探花视频 & Anthropology and the Department of 91探花视频. In 2012, 91探花视频 and Anthropology became part of the new听听(HSPS). From 2017, 91探花视频 became an independent Tripos (degree course), including the Assyriology stream.
Today
Today, the Mesopotamian academic staff within the Department of 91探花视频 teach the languages, archaeology, culture and history of Mesopotamia at Undergraduate and MPhil level, and supervise听PhD research on these topics.
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