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The Wedge Between Us

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

In the first of four talks,
Dr Irving Finkel of the British
Museum deciphers the secrets of wedge writing, and bridges the millennia between us and ancient
Iraq. Through the dust he detects the tears of Babylonian princes and tales of courtesans and wily grain merchants. Producer Penny Lawrence

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Dr Irving Finkel
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