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THE ARCHAEOLOGIST

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

The earliest representation of Christ in Britain?
Last autumn in a Dorset village archaeologists excavated an elaborate fourth-century Roman mosaic. Its central feature is a portrait bust upon the ' Chi Ro ' Christian symbol.
Speakers:
JOHN WHITE , blacksmith on whose land the mosaic was found
PROFESSOR JOCELYN TOYNBEE of Oxford University expert in early Christian art
I Introduced by JOHN IRVING

Contributors

Unknown:
John White
Unknown:
Professor Jocelyn Toynbee
Introduced By:
John Irving
Source: Radio Times

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