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Egyptian Cooling Methods

Episode 3 of 5

Professor Graeme Maidment discovers whether ancient Egypt holds the key to an urgent need for sustainable cooling. From 2009.

Professor Graeme Maidment explores the earliest methods of surviving a hot climate. Does ancient Egypt hold the key to an urgent modern need for sustainable cooling?

He goes to an unlikely place to find out - the Bluewater shopping centre just off the M25 in Kent.

Five scientists look back to their ancient forebears and examine how much of that early knowledge still stands the test of time.
Producer: Erika Wright

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 18 Apr 201902:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Wed 9 Sep 200915:45
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Tue 27 Jul 201021:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Wed 17 Apr 201914:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 18 Apr 201902:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra