The Secret History of Writing(2020)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2020-09-21
Average Runtime: 59m
Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
How the invention of writing gave humanity a history. From hieroglyphs to emojis, an exploration of the way in which the technology of writing has shaped the world we live in.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 3E01
From Pictures to Words
Air Date: 2020-09-21
Revealing the link between ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and the letters we use every day.
E02
Words on a Page
Air Date: 2020-09-28
How the changing technology of writing has shaped the course of world history.
E03
Changing the Script
Air Date: 2020-10-05
As technology and politics force changes to the way we write, what happens to who we are?
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