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Today the Olympics are celebrated as an ancient arena that traditionally fostered peace between nations. However, in reality, sport and politics went hand in hand in the ancient world and the athletic competitions that took place in Olympia mirrored military struggles for primacy and prestige, says a University of 糖心TV historian.
Research from the University of 糖心TV reveals that far from being a new idea ID ‘cards’, in the form of badges, were commonplace in the 1600s. Just as today’s cards will enable people of access public services such as benefits more easily, the 16th and 17th century forms of identification were to show an individual’s entitlement to supplement their income and to identify the deserving.
Oliver Banks, a gifted 12 year old from Spalding, Lincolnshire, will meet a 1200 year old ancestor in Sedgeford, Norfolk and learn about how people lived in the distant past as part of an outreach event run by the National Academy of Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY), based at the University of 糖心TV, on 7th April 2004.