The frequency and quality of discoveries of Roman remains over the past year or two in Britain is (or at least seems) remarkable, and worth a thread with links…
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Feb 2022
Lavish Roman mosaic is biggest found in London for 50 years theguardian.com/uk-news/2022…
Survey takes 10-15 mins to answer and has a bearing on the next generation of A level and GCSE exams for Latin and Greek- please do respond if you haven’t yet!
The @Classical_Assoc is undertaking a qualifications review in anticipation of the next round of reform.
The #Latin and #Greek teams have released a survey to gather feedback to help them develop proposals more confidently.
Have you say 👇
ow.ly/mYBG50QtW4s
The @Classical_Assoc is undertaking a qualifications review in anticipation of the next round of reform.
The #Latin and #Greek teams have released a survey to gather feedback to help them develop proposals more confidently.
Have you say 👇
ow.ly/mYBG50QtW4s
1. Talk like adults
2. Agree long-term loan (thus avoiding setting precedent)
3. Display in their home city in spectacular museum designed for them (rather than dreary Duveen gallery)
Parthenon marbles row raises fresh fears over fraught UK-EU relations theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Superbly informative and entertaining @EmpirePodUK episodes on Cyrus, Darius and Marathon with Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. Of particular interest to any A-Level classical civilisation student/teacher, esp if they are doing Invention of the Barbarian paper.
No spoilers here … except to say that if is (not very surprisingly) in Greek!
Researchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius theguardian.com/science/2023…