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SCOUT· 21%55m·2025-11-27·HistoryThe World's Oldest Letters
The Ancients · 608
What do the world’s first letters reveal about life in the Bronze Age? Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr Amanda Podany to uncover the remarkable written culture of ancient Mesopotamia, when clay tablets carried messages across vast distances and a proto-postal system linked cities like Ur and Babylon. From royal…
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