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The History of Magic

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Digging for Meaning: Research from the Oxford School of Archaeology
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What is magic, when did it begin, and does it still have a place in the modern world? Professor Chris Gosden discusses the long history of magic from the Ice Age, through antiquity, to the present.

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Digging for Meaning: Research from the Oxford School of Archaeology
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Chris Gosden
Keywords
archaeology
magic
Papua New Guinea
Colonialism
astrology
bodleian
ancestors
shaman
Department: School of Archaeology
Date Added: 29/09/2020
Duration: 00:20:10

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