Gold - part one
Man's long-term obsession with gold and the lengths we have gone to to get it.
The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2009 · BBC World Service
August 12, 200919m 29s
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Show Notes
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.