Lytham St Annes Classical Association’s Ancient Worlds Competition 2023
American High School students have won the International Winners title at the Classics Competition 3 times in a row.
The winners of the Lytham St Annes Classical Association’s Ancient Worlds Competition 2023 became Nitsa Skhvitaridze and Andria Laitadze, AHS grades 9 and 10 students.
This year’s competition aimed to answer the big question: “The discovery of which ancient site or artifact interests you the most, and why?” Andria and Nitsa explored the history of the ancient city of Phasis, the challenges of finding its location, and the significance of its hypothetical discovery. Together with their supervisors, Mrs. Ekaterine Kobakhidze, an AHS teacher of Classics, and Ms. Natia Phipia, a History teacher at AHS, the students shed new light on this very intriguing story.
For Nitsa Skhvitaridze, “Unraveling this intriguing story was an important learning experience and an opportunity to inform the world about Georgia’s ancient history and culture!”
As Aandria Laitatze stated, “If Phasis is discovered, it will bring my home country Georgia on the international spotlight in terms of its importance and relevance to the classical world and civilization.”
Congratulations to the AHS students on this achievement! We wish them future success in exploring the Classical world!
