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The mystery of the Oxford sky ignition, in UK, has been solved, and police have revealed the cause of the spectacular explosion. Residents have witnessed a stunning event. The night sky suddenly lit up and smoke filled the atmosphere...

Over one hundred Minoan finds which have never left Crete and Greece before will launch at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on February 10.

Scientists and many others across the world expressed relief this week after trials were restarted last Saturday for the Oxford University--Astra Zeneca coronavirus vaccine. Slated to be released around the end of this year, hundreds of millions of doses of...

Preliminary results of trials for a coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford in the UK suggest that it is safe and induces the hoped-for immune response. The vaccine provoked an antibody response within 28 days and a T-cell...

With its roots in the Ancient Greek word “toxikon,” the English word “toxic” has been crowned as the word of year in 2018 by Oxford Dictionaries. The adjective toxic is defined as ‘poisonous’ and first appeared in English in the...

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, the world's first university museum situated on Beaumont Street in Oxford, UK, opened its doors on Wednesday to young visitors, offering them the opportunity to travel back in time and experience the majesty of the...

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...

The Crete-based Minoan Air said it is going to begin flights from Oxford airport in the United Kingdom to both Edinburgh and Dublin starting in March. The carrier will be the first Greek airline to establish an operational base outside...

In Athens in the 5th century BC, at the yearly festival of the City Dionysia, local poets' latest plays were presented in a sunlit amphitheatre before fellow citizens, as part of a competition with rival poets. The victorious production...

A major exhibition titled "Heracles to Alexander the Great: Treasures from the Royal Capital of Macedonia, a Hellenic Kingdom in the Age of Democracy" opens next week at Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. This major exhibition will...

The exhibition  "From Heracles to Alexander: Treasures from the Royal Capital of Macedon, a Hellenic Kingdom in the Age of Democracy" will be on view from April 6th to August 29th, at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. The main...

According to the Oxford Times, pupils in Oxford will be encouraged to say “it’s all Greek to me” when classes are introduced to teach youngsters the ancient language. Oxford educational charity "The Iris Project", will teach ancient Greek to...

An exhibition on the ancient Macedonian royal lineage of Alexander the Great that presents evidence that his family and kingdom were firmly rooted in the culture and civilisation of ancient Greece will open in Oxford this April. Titled: "From Hercules...

An ancient lakeside settlement that was discovered recently in southern Albania has been described as the oldest found in Europe. The settlement of stilt houses was submerged 8,000 years under Lake Ohrid. Radiocarbon dating from the site puts it at...

The discovery of ochre fragments at a Stone Age site in England supports an ancient Greek explorer's account of Britons as "painted people."