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Lines of Communication

Prayer is both a highly individualized activity and a profoundly communal act

Neil MacGregor focuses on prayer, reflecting on how this most highly individualized of activities is also a profoundly communal act, with objects including a 16th Century ivory and gold qibla, used to find the direction of Mecca - a function now offered by smartphone apps.

Producer Paul Kobrak

Produced in partnership with the British Museum
Photograph (c) The Trustees of the British Museum.

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18 minutes

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Sun 31 Dec 2017 19:32GMT

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  • Sun 31 Dec 2017 03:32GMT
  • Sun 31 Dec 2017 19:32GMT

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Neil MacGregor tells the stories of some of the key objects in the series.

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