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The Wedge Between Us

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In the second of four talks, Dr Irving Finkel deciphers the secrets of wedge writing from Mesopotamia. Digging into the history of Babylonian dentistry, he reveals how toothache took root when the gods granted the worm rights to suck on human gums. Producer Penny Lawrence

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