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Radio 4 Extra,2 mins

‘It was quite simply the greatest tourist site in the Greek world’

The History of the Future

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Historian Juliet Gardiner begins her journey into the History of the Future with a look at the Oracle of Delphi, where the Ancient Greeks went to consult the Oracle and hear what the future held for them. In this clip, we hear from Classics scholar Nick Lowe about the place he calls ‘the greatest tourist site in the Greek world’.

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