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In Egypt - where the Nile delta was once the grain store of the Roman world - Robert Penn learns how to scythe wheat as farmers have done for thousands of years.
In Egypt - where the rich alluvial soil once made the Nile delta the grain store of the Roman world - Robert Penn learns how to scythe wheat as farmers have done for thousands of years. Back in Wales he makes his first attempt to harvest his own home-grown wheat.
Read by Adrian Scarborough
Abridged by Anna Magnusson
Producer: Bruce Young
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Wed 3 Mar 2021
00:30
成人快手 Radio 4
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