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Museum of Lost Objects

Tracing the histories of antiquities and landmarks that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and Syria, India and Pakistan.

Radio 4,21 episodes

Episodes

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The Fire That Scorched Brazil’s History
Inside the ruin of Brazil’s National Museum – and the struggle to revive it
01 Sep 2019,57 mins
Return to Aleppo
One man's extraordinary quest to find out what became of his home in Aleppo's old town.
28 Jul 2017,27 mins
Tagore’s Nobel Prize Theft
Rabindranath Tagore was the world's first Asian Nobel Laureate - but his medal was stolen
26 Jul 2017,16 mins
Jinnah’s Last Home
The ruin and rebuilding of Ziarat residency, where Pakistan’s founder spent his last days
25 Jul 2017,18 mins
Delhi’s Stolen Seat of Power
The creation and capture of Mughal India’s coveted Peacock Throne
24 Jul 2017,13 mins
The Keeper of Buddha's Bones
In search of Peshawar’s lost Buddhist past
22 Jul 2017,14 mins
The Cricketer Who Lost His Team
Even cricket was partitioned in 1947
21 Jul 2017,3 mins
Kashmir’s Palladium cinema
The conflict in Kashmir told through the life and times of a burnt-out movie theatre
17 Jul 2017,29 mins
The Necklace That Divided Two Nations
India and Pakistan's tussle for Indus Valley antiquities after partition
15 Jul 2017,22 mins
Nimrud and Hatra
What’s left of the ancient archaeological sites of northern Iraq?
10 Jun 2017,28 mins
Quick update on the next season
Coming back to your airwaves soon!
24 May 2017,1 min
Looted Sumerian Seal, Baghdad
In search of a Sumerian goddess, and the pillaging of Iraq's most important museum
11 Mar 2016,14 mins
Armenian Martyr’s Memorial, Der Zor
A shrine to the 1915 Armenian massacres, made from human bones in the Syrian desert
10 Mar 2016,14 mins
The Genie of Nimrud
On the murky trail of a missing genie, last seen in the ancient Assyrian palace of Nimrud
09 Mar 2016,15 mins
Al-Ma’arri the Poet
Why was the bust of a blind, vegetarian, medieval poet the casualty of Syria's modern war?
08 Mar 2016,13 mins
Mar Elian Monastery
The legends of a shrine, revered by both Christians and Muslims for hundreds of years
07 Mar 2016,16 mins
The Lion of al-Lat
The fearsome 2,000 year old statue, regarded as one of the symbols of Palmyra
04 Mar 2016,11 mins
Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo
The unique minaret of Aleppo's Great Mosque, which is now only a waterfall of rubble.
03 Mar 2016,16 mins
Tell Qarqur, Hama Province
The ancient hill in western Syria that became a modern battleground
02 Mar 2016,13 mins
Palmyra: Temple of Bel
One of Palmyra's most iconic structures, and the man who gave his life to protect the city
01 Mar 2016,15 mins
Winged Bull of Nineveh
The 2,700 year old sculpture that guarded the gates of one of antiquity's fabled cities
29 Feb 2016,13 mins