Mary Beard: '4,000-year-old bread sparked my fascination with the past - it was as close as you can get to time travel'

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Dame Mary Beard brings her latest enthralling show about the Romans to York this week, exploring the lives of those often left out of the history books. Laura Reid speaks to her about the ancient world.

Mary Beard: '4,000-year-old bread sparked my fascination with the past - it was as close as you can get to time travel' — Image: Yorkshire Post

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Mary Beard: '4,000-year-old bread sparked my fascination with the past - it was as close as you can get to time travel'Dame Mary Beard brings her latest enthralling show about the Romans to York this week, exploring the lives of those often left out of the history books. Laura Reid speaks to her about the ancient world.Yorkshire Post · 11 Oct, 06:00