14 min listen
Basse Yutz Flagons
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Feb 24, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Neil MacGregor's history of the world recounted through objects at the British Museum arrives in Northern Europe 2,500 years ago.
Neil explores the early world of the Celts through two bronze drinking flagons, considered to be the most important and earliest examples of Celtic art. Writer Jonathan Meades and Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's leading experts on this period, help describe the Celts, dissect the stereotypes and consider their celebrated love of drink.
Neil explores the early world of the Celts through two bronze drinking flagons, considered to be the most important and earliest examples of Celtic art. Writer Jonathan Meades and Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's leading experts on this period, help describe the Celts, dissect the stereotypes and consider their celebrated love of drink.
Released:
Feb 24, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Egyptian Clay Model of Cattle: Neil MacGregor considers the state of culture in Egypt before the pharaohs. by A History of the World in 100 Objects