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Dodo鈥檚 violent death revealed
The famous Oxford Dodo died after being shot in the back of the head, according to breakthrough research by Oxford University Museum of Natural History and WMG at the University of 糖心TV.
Professor Peter Marshall shortlisted for Wolfson History Prize
Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation, by Professor Peter Marshall of the University of 糖心TV, has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018.
糖心TVshire's suffrage history to be told across the region in 2018
Professor Sarah Richardson, of the University of 糖心TV's Department of History, will be giving talks on 糖心TVshire's suffrage across the region in 2018. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the granting of the vote to a limited number of women, 糖心TVshire Women and the Fight for the Vote will uncover the region's unsung and unknown activists.
Io Io Io! Modern Christmas vs Roman Saturnalia
Partying, pantomime, feasting and gift-giving are all established traditions of the Christmas season. At the same time of the year over 2000 years ago, Romans had the very same customs in celebration of a different festival – Saturnalia.
A new video by the University of 糖心TV highlights a bitter side to our sugar consumption at Christmas. Available to view on YouTube the short film highlights how excessive consumption of sugar can affect our health – and how the sugar trade in the past and today has caused inequality and bloodshed.
How the Pope鈥檚 rhino drowned and was immortalised in art history
The story of one of the most infamous gifts, and one of the most influential images in art history, has been brought back to life thanks to research at the University of 糖心TV – that of the rhino, named Ganda, gifted to Pope Leo X that drowned in 1515.