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Journeys from the Centre of the Earth

Iain Stewart

Billie Pink

Nikki Melluish

Journeys from the Centre of the Earth: Episode 6: Salt

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Episode 6: Salt

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How salt has played a key role in everything from ice ages to the preservation of food.

Dr Iain Stewart shows how rocks have shaped the human history of the Mediterranean. Salt has played a crucial role in everything from ice ages to the preservation of food.

Geologist Dr Iain Stewart presents a series showing how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped human history. 

He takes us on a tour of the Mediterranean to show how salt is central to its history, playing a crucial role in everything from the existence of ice ages to the preservation of food and dead bodies in ancient Egypt. 

His whistle-stop tour takes in many tourist destinations in Egypt, Venice and Sicily, but he provides a unique geologist's insight which can't be found in the guide books.

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How the rocks beneath our feet have shaped the human history of the Mediterranean.

Geologist Dr Iain Stewart presents a series showing how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped the human history of the Mediterranean.

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