BODIES

9PM, RADIO 4 HHH Ancient Egyptian papyri show us that the people of the pyramids had a sound understanding of the mechanics of the human body. In this first omnibus edition of her series on the history of the study of anatomy, Alice Roberts looks at these ancient scrolls. She also hears how, in the third century BC, physicians in Alexandria were allowed to dissect cadavers, and how that practice was then banned for centuries. SJ