Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Andrew George

Professor of Babylonian at SOAS, University of London

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2 episodes

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  1. Epic of Gilgamesh

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Gilgamesh Epic, often described as the earliest surviving great work of literature, with origins in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC.

    3 November 2016

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    Also featuring: Frances Reynolds, Martin Worthington

     
  2. Babylon

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the truth behind Babylon, the world’s oldest and most enigmatic of empires; from the the Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens to the Whore of Babylon.

    3 June 2004

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    Also featuring: Eleanor Robson, Irving Finkel