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Origins: 4: Archaeology in Egypt

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Threat to the Future of the Sphinx
The first scientific study of the monument reveals serious deterioration.

The discovery of the lost city of Rameses in the Nile Delta where the children of Israel were held in bondage before the Exodus.

The study and recording of every inscription and carving in the Temple of Luxor - a task likely to take 30 years.

Malcolm Billings reports
BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Tues 10.30 pm)
(long wave only)

Contributors

Reporter:
Malcolm Billings
Producer:
Roy Hayward
Source: Radio Times

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