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The Secret History of Writing
2020 · TV series · documentary · 59 min episodes · 1 season
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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There is a decent BBC documentary "The Secret History of Writing" which is all about the origins of writing. If you are interested in how it developed in all its different forms it's worth a watch.
Some recommendations:
Mark Kurlansky's book 'Paper'
Marshall McLuhan
The Secret History of Writing - BBC Full Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fuXitEwhk
There was a BBC documentary called The Secret History of Writing, where a Turkish calligrapher talks about how they save all their pencil shavings and after the person dies the pencil and paper scraps of their lifetime are used to heat the water that will clean their body as part of the burial process.
https://youtu.be/TyfIS9b77A8?t=7854