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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
57 mins01 Sep 2019
Return to Aleppo
One man's extraordinary quest to find out what became of his home in Aleppo's old town.
27 mins28 Jul 2017
Tagore’s Nobel Prize Theft
Rabindranath Tagore was the world's first Asian Nobel Laureate - but his medal was stolen
16 mins26 Jul 2017
Jinnah’s Last 91�ȱ�
The ruin and rebuilding of Ziarat residency, where Pakistan’s founder spent his last days
18 mins25 Jul 2017
Delhi’s Stolen Seat of Power
The creation and capture of Mughal India’s coveted Peacock Throne
13 mins24 Jul 2017
The Keeper of Buddha's Bones
In search of Peshawar’s lost Buddhist past
14 mins22 Jul 2017
The Cricketer Who Lost His Team
Even cricket was partitioned in 1947
3 mins21 Jul 2017
Kashmir’s Palladium cinema
The conflict in Kashmir told through the life and times of a burnt-out movie theatre
29 mins17 Jul 2017
The Necklace That Divided Two Nations
India and Pakistan's tussle for Indus Valley antiquities after partition
22 mins15 Jul 2017
Nimrud and Hatra
What’s left of the ancient archaeological sites of northern Iraq?
28 mins10 Jun 2017
Quick update on the next season
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1 min24 May 2017
Looted Sumerian Seal, Baghdad
In search of a Sumerian goddess, and the pillaging of Iraq's most important museum
14 mins11 Mar 2016
Armenian Martyr’s Memorial, Der Zor
A shrine to the 1915 Armenian massacres, made from human bones in the Syrian desert
14 mins10 Mar 2016
The Genie of Nimrud
On the murky trail of a missing genie, last seen in the ancient Assyrian palace of Nimrud
15 mins09 Mar 2016
Al-Ma’arri the Poet
Why was the bust of a blind, vegetarian, medieval poet the casualty of Syria's modern war?
13 mins08 Mar 2016
Mar Elian Monastery
The legends of a shrine, revered by both Christians and Muslims for hundreds of years
16 mins07 Mar 2016
The Lion of al-Lat
The fearsome 2,000 year old statue, regarded as one of the symbols of Palmyra
11 mins04 Mar 2016
Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo
The unique minaret of Aleppo's Great Mosque, which is now only a waterfall of rubble.
16 mins03 Mar 2016
Tell Qarqur, Hama Province
The ancient hill in western Syria that became a modern battleground
13 mins02 Mar 2016
Palmyra: Temple of Bel
One of Palmyra's most iconic structures, and the man who gave his life to protect the city
15 mins01 Mar 2016
Winged Bull of Nineveh
The 2,700 year old sculpture that guarded the gates of one of antiquity's fabled cities
13 mins29 Feb 2016