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A History of the World in 100 Objects

The First Cities and States (4000 - 2000 BC)

King Den's Sandal Label

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Neil MacGregor revisits the early days of a great civilisation to study one of the earliest Egyptian kings through the sandal label that accompanied him to the afterlife. Show more

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