Episode 1: Saving Mummies Under Sniper Fire and Ice Age Art
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Viv Jones hears how archaeologist Monica Hanna rescued mummies under sniper fire in Egypt, and visits the British Museum to speak with Jill Cook about the earliest human art.
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