Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Irving Finkel

Curator in the Department of the Ancient Near East at the British Museum

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CultureFormer empires2nd-millennium BC establishmentsStates and territories established in the 17th century BCAncient Levant, States and territories disestablished in the 6th century BC

  1. 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, Andrew George

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    CultureFormer empires2nd-millennium BC establishmentsStates and territories established in the 17th century BCAncient Levant, States and territories disestablished in the 6th century BC