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The world’s rivers have always played a powerful role in human history. But in today’s world - with air travel, super highways and the internet - do rivers matter less? Bridget Kendall asks Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson, geologist Mathew Wells and actor Olwen Fouéré to probe the watery depths. (Photo: The Huka river in New Zealand. Credit: BBC)
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