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Ancient Greece Comes Alive with ‘Invasion’ at Oxford School

Students were transported back 2,400 years when ancient Greece 'invaded' Cheney School. The East Oxford Community Classics Centre held a double bill of themed days including archery and cavalry shows by re-enactment group Comitatus. Students learned about topics including democracy, human rights, theatre and...

New Poems of Greek Poetess Sappho Recovered

Today, only few poems by the ancient Greek poetess Sappho have survived, but thanks to new findings, two new works have been recovered, giving experts hope to find even more. These previously unknown poems by the great poetess of the...

What Would Ancient Greek Music Sound Like?

What did the Sirens sing to enchant sailors? How did the ancient Greek melodies sound like and how different was the song's tempo compared to today’s music? Armand D'Angour, a classical musician and professor of history at the University of...

Greek Students Are Smoking Addicts

Smoking continues to be one of the most common bad habits among Greek teenagers. According to researchers, headed by leading epidemiologist Jonathan Eberson of Oxford University, smoke addicts lose four years of their lives. Moreover, smoking increases the risk...

Two Greek Universities In Top 500

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), commonly known as the Shanghai Ranking, has put the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) at 301st and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens at 335th in the top 500 in the...

Greek Law Students Win World Moot Court

Students from the Athens Law School have recently received one more distinction, this time in the 6th International Roman Law Moot Court Competition. Students from the Law School of Athens prevailed over other groups of students from the universities...

Giant Magma Ball Threatens Island Santorini

A huge balloon of magma about 15 times the size of London’s Olympic stadium is growing beneath the holiday island of Santorini. Geologists led by Oxford University say the chamber of super-heated rock expanded from ten to 20million cubic metres...

Greek Law Students Finish Second in the 2012 International Roman Law Moot Court Competition

A Greek team of students from Athens University took second place at this year’s International Roman Law Moot Court Competition held in Kavala. The University of Trier finished first, defeating Athens in the Grand Finale. The Greek team managed...

Greek-Born Alex Rawlings is the Most Multilingual Student in the UK

Alex Rawlings is only 20 years old and lives in London. He studies German and Russian at the University of Oxford and has been recently identified as the most multilingual student in the UK after winning a national competition. With...

Greek Scientist Contributes To Discovery of Genetic Factor Connected to Ischemic Strokes

A major international scientific consortium identified a genetic mutation, in one of the approximately 23.000 human genes, which can double the risk of ischemic stroke. It is one of the first times that scientists discover a specific genetic factor...