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The Master of Paspardo

Episode 4 of 5

Archaeologist Dr George Nash visits the prehistoric art of Italy's Val Camonica. Could these scores of carvings be the work of just one artist?

Archaeologist George Nash explores five of Western Europe's most remarkable rock art sites.

George visits the prehistoric art of northern Italy's Val Camonica. Carved into the rock is one of the world's first maps, images of some of Europe's earliest houses and scores of Iron Age warriors. He asks if these fighting figures could be the work of just one artist.

Producer: Chris Eldon Lee
A Culture Wise production for BBC Radio 4.

15 minutes

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Fri 13 Oct 201702:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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ProducerChris Eldon Lee

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  • Sun 24 Feb 200814:45
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  • Sun 27 Oct 201307:15
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  • Fri 13 Oct 201702:15
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