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Alexander the Great's bathroom is discovered after 2,300 years: Archaeologists uncover a room in Greece where the king bathed in a 'homo-erotic way with his teenage, testosterone-filled companions'It is a palace that symbolised the golden age of antiquity, bore witness to the assassination of King Philip II and the crowning of his 20-year-old son King Alexander the Great.Set in the ceremonial centre of the ancient Macedonian kingdom, the 15,000 square metre Aigai palace is three times the size of the Parthenon, with its gated city walls, courtyard, temples, sanctuaries, theatre, palaestra - or boxing school - and tombs.Now, archaeologists have discovered the palaestra and bathroom where the teenage Alexander bathed naked with his childhood companion, rumoured lover and future military second-in-command Hephaestion.The discovery, in the Royal city of Aigai, in the modern town of Vergina, Northern Greece, is unveiled in the final episode of the Channel 4 series Bettany Hughes' Treasures of the World, which airs on May 11.
P&O boss admits he couldn't live on £4.87 an hourThe boss of P&O Ferries has admitted that he couldn't live on the £4.87 an hour some of its crew are paid, he told MPs. Peter Hebblethwaite also revealed that he earned more than £500,000 last year, including a bonus.In 2022, P&O Ferries, known for its Dover to Calais route, gained notoriety when it made 786 staff redundant before replacing them with people on lower wages.