A royal woman from 3,500 years ago, buried in Mycenae’s royal cemetery, has been brought to life with a strikingly modern face using advanced forensic and digital techniques. Historian Dr. Emily Hauser calls the reconstruction “breathtaking,” revealing a figure who challenges myths—buried with swords and an electrum mask, she was a warrior in her own right, not a wife.
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A trigger warning issued by the University of Exeter for students studying Greek mythology has sparked fury, with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson branding the move “absurd,” the Daily Mail reports. The warning alerts students to potentially distressing content in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, including references to rape and sexual violence.
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Sixth form students are being offered lessons in Japanese culture and ancient Greece at the…
Reading University has decided to censor a section of a 118-line, ancient Greek poem that…