EPISODE · Aug 12, 2009 · 19 MIN
Gold - part one
from The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2009 · host BBC World Service
Man's long-term obsession with gold and the lengths we have gone to to get it. From the ancient myth of King Midas, through Alexander The Great and the Spanish Conquistadors to the massive mines of South Africa, Nick Rankin unlocks the history and enduring fascination of the rare yellow metal that has been integral to economic exchange systems for millennia.
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