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046 Gold coins of Abd Al-Malik 7 Jun 2010

Mon, 7 Jun 10

Gold coins from Syria. Neil McGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at how the Syrian capital Damascus was rapidly becoming the centre of a new Islamic empire. He tells the story through two gold coins that perfectly capture the moment - with contributions from the historian Hugh Kennedy and the anthropologist Madawi Al-Rasheed.