Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Professor Mary Beard crossword Ellis has a plan: apply

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Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Professor Mary Beard crossword Ellis has a plan: applyFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EMPEROR OF ROME AND SPQR 'The rock star scholar of Ancient Rome' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The reigning Queen of Classics' SPECTATOR What's exciting about a piece of bread 4,000 years old? Or some pots of paint abandoned in the eruption at Pompeii? Why should we be bothered with the distant past anyway? What's the point? The life, art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome have something to offer everyone. They are not the