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Oxford academics drank from cup made from human skull until 2015, book reveals
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Skull-cup was made from a sawn-off and polished braincase adorned with a silver rim and stand.
It was used regularly at formal dinners at Worcester College , Oxford , until 2015 .
Prof Dan Hicks , curator of world archaeology at university’s Pitt Rivers Museum , traces the shameful history of the skull’ He said it was used to serve chocolates after it began to leak wine.