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Radio 4,24 Feb 2010,14 mins

SeriesThe World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC)

Basse Yutz Flagons

A History of the World in 100 Objects

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Neil MacGregor's history of the world recounted through objects at the British Museum arrives in Northern Europe two and a half thousand 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. The writer Jonathan Meades and one of the world's leading experts on this period, Barry Cunliffe, help describe the Celts, dissect the stereotypes and consider their celebrated love of drink.

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