Oxford University academics 'drank from human skull chalice'

Oxford Academics Used a Human Skull as a Wine Cup—Until 2015

It sounds like a scene from gothic fiction, but it’s real.

It is almost impossible to believe: Until a few years ago, academics at a British university drank from a human skull chalice on festive occasions. An archaeologist now reveals where the skull might come from. Members of Worcester College in Oxford, UK, and their guests regularly drank from the chalice at formal dinners until 2015, as archaeologist Dan Hicks tells the newspaper "The Guardian".Celebrities from the chaliceSometimes the chalice – m…

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Oxford University academics 'drank from human skull chalice'

Oxford University academics used to drink out of a chalice made from a human skull until as recently as 2015.