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Quel est le point commun entre la Bible, le Coran, la série de BD Alix, le jeu vidéo Baldur’s Gate ou encore la série Stargate SG1 ? Eh bien la réponse tient en 4 lettres seulement : BAAL. Dans tous les cas que je viens de citer, ce mot sert à désigner tantôt un dieu, tantôt une ...  Show more

Du bon pain de momie ça vous tente ? Enfin faire du pain au levain de momie ? Non ? Pourtant c'est le réflexe qu'ont eu des chercheurs, à partir de levures trouvées sur Otzi. Rien ne se perd, tout se transforme, tout ça... En attendant même si on dirait pas, c'est une découverte ...  Show more

Near the end of Japan's "Warring States" period a remarkable visitor arrived in the country with a group of European Jesuit missionaries. He was a soldier originally from East Africa acting as a bodyguard for the ranking Jesuit in Japan. The Japanese would come to know this man a ...  Show more

In the latest in our series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, Professor Michael Wert responds to listener questions and internet search queries about Japan’s famous warriors, the samurai. He explains when the samurai emerged, how they evolved from warriors to ...  Show more

Japanese Daimyo Oda Nobunaga was fascinated by the mysterious, towering slave of a visiting Jesuit missionary, and soon this man, Yasuke, joined Nobunaga's court, eventually becoming a full-on samurai. Join the guys as they explore the strange life of the African-born samurai, Ya ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests Gregory Irvine, Nicola Liscutin and Angus Lockyer discuss the history of the Samurai and the role of their myth in Japanese national identity.The Samurai have a fearsome historical reputation as a suicidally brave caste of Japanese warriors. During World W ...  Show more