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The Secret History of Writing
2020
Last aired: S1 E3, Changing the Script · 2020-10-05
How the invention of writing gave humanity a history. From hieroglyphs to emojis, an exploration of the way in which the technology of writing has shaped the world we live in.
Season 1
E1
From Pictures to Words
2020-09-21 · 60 min
The hunt for the origin of writing reveals the link between ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and the letters we use every day.
E2
Words on a Page
2020-09-28 · 60 min
The ability to put words on a page makes civilisation possible. Throughout history, the changing way people write has been a factor in the rise – and fall - of empires.
E3
Changing the Script
2020-10-05 · 59 min
For more than a century, the world has seemed to be moving to a single universal script - the Latin alphabet. But that means more than changing words. It means changing identity.
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Lydia Wilson
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