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The Oxford Student has been notified about a proposal by the Classics faculty to remove the study of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid from the Mods syllabus, a decision which has surprised many across the faculty. This proposal forms part of a series of reforms aimed to modernise the first stage of the Classics degree, […]
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Image credit: CC0 by George Hodan There was more to Ancient Greece than Gerard Butler in a leather thong indulging in some vigorous male bonding; indeed, there was more to Ancient Greece than war. It was a land of philosophers, playwrights and poets, and, arguably more importantly, it was a land of high quality ingredients. Some […]
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Picture credit: Sir George Holmes An Anglo-Bulgarian team of scientists have found the world’s oldest intact shipwreck. The remarkable discovery is situated under the Black Sea, 80km off the city of Burgas, Bulgaria. Estimated to be around 2,400 years old, it is thought to resemble an ancient Greek merchant ship. At 23 metres long, and decorated […]
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