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On Pompeii

On Pompeii

FromA Point of View


On Pompeii

FromA Point of View

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Nov 23, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

"Last weekend I spent a couple of hours with the remains of one of the human victims of the eruption of Vesuvius" writes Mary Beard, as she wanders through the rooms of a new exhibition about Pompeii, the "City of the Dead". The display at the J Paul Getty museum in Malibu is one of several Pompeii exhibitions running in different museums around the world - and very similar to one coming to the British Museum in the spring. As she makes her way through the bodies - or "anti-bodies" as she refers to them - she ponders questions of privacy, archaeology and restoration. Producer: Adele Armstrong.
Released:
Nov 23, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

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