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Raëlism
Nishka Nanani (Dubai) ‘Let us embrace Science and the new technologies unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the...
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Death in Literature
Veeva Gathani (Dubai) Why do we instantly respond to the word ‘death’ with unequivocal fear? Could it be the way society has disciplined...
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The story of Oedipus
Veeva Gathani (Dubai) Wow! Greek Mythology! Who doesn’t love a good old Greek myth? Greek Mythology is wondrously known for its set of...
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The Death Penalty under Hammurabi
Alhena Alibhai (Dubai) One of the earliest established death penalty can be seen in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon. King Hammurabi...
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The Death of Castor and Pollux
Chelsea Cresswell Y11 (London) In Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux were twin half-brothers known together as the Dioscuri, meaning...
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The Justinian Plague
Elizabeth Dean Y11 (London) Justinian Plague The reign of byzantine Emperor Justinian 1 saw one of the worst outbreaks of the plague in...
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Virgil’s Kingdom of the Dead: The afterlife in Aeneid 6
Maaira Khan Y11 (London) Virgil’s epic poem, the Aeneid, tells the story of Trojan warrior Aeneas’ voyage from fallen Troy to Italy,...
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Socrates asked for free dinners to punish his crime...
Isabel Smale Y11 (London) Every Latin student knows at least five ways of saying ‘kill’, but not necessarily how to say hello. Was death...
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Ancient Greek Burial Customs
Elizabeth Dean Y11 (London) Ancient Greek burial customs are attested in literature, archaeological evidence and art. The only methods of...
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