Eleanor Robson
Senior Lecturer at Cambridge University and Vice-Chair of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq
5 episodes
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The Library at Nineveh
Melvyn Bragg discusses one of the greatest archaeological finds ever discovered – the Assyrian Library at Nineveh.
15 May 2008
Also featuring: Karen Radner, Andrew R. George
Archaeology and Imperialism
Melvyn Bragg discusses the link between archaeology and imperialism, and why there was such a fascination with Egypt, Greece and Mesopotamia in the 18th and 19th centuries.
14 April 2005
Also featuring: Tim Champion, Richard Parkinson
Pi
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of the longest and most detailed number in nature and examines what it tells us about the hidden complexities of our world.
2 September 2004
Also featuring: Robert Lee Kaplan, Ian Stewart
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
Also featuring: Irving Finkel, Andrew George
The Alphabet
Melvyn Bragg discusses the feat of astonishing intellectual engineering which provides us with millions of words in hundreds of languages. How did it develop and conquer three quarters of the globe?
18 December 2003
Also featuring: Alan Millard, Rosalind Thomas