A History of the World in 100 Objects
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.
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Object 101
Ten years on from the ground-breaking Radio 4 series, "A History of The World in 100 Objects", former director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor lo...
Solar-powered lamp and charger
The very last episode in Neil MacGregor's history of humanity as told through the things that time has left behind. The director of the British Museum...
Credit card
Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things. Throughout this week he is examining objects that speak of the great shifts in human org...
Throne of Weapons
The history of humanity, as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London, is drawing to an end.
Throughout this week, Nei...
Hockney's In the Dull Village
This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is examining the forces that helped shape our way of life and ways of thinking today. He began with th...
Russian revolutionary plate
Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things that time has left behind. Throughout this closing week he is examining some of the major...
Suffragette-defaced penny
Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects from the British Museum in London. The objects he has chosen this week have reflected on mass prod...
Sudanese slit drum
Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things. Throughout this week he is examining the great shifts in the global economy and in imper...
Hokusai's The Great Wave
The history of humanity - as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London - is once again in Japan. This week Neil MacGregor, th...
Early Victorian tea set
This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is looking at how the global economy became cemented in the 19th century, a time of mass production an...
Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle
Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things. Throughout this week he is examining the global economy of the 19th century - of mass pr...
Jade bi
Neil MacGregor's world history told through the things that time has left behind. Throughout this week, Neil has been looking at Europe's discoveries...
Australian Bark Shield
The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London. This week, Neil MacGregor, the Director of the Museum,...
North American Buckskin Map
The history of humanity - as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London - is once again in North America. This week, Neil MacG...
Hawaiian feather helmet
This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is telling the story of European encounters across the globe during the 18th century.
Today he...
Akan Drum
Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things that time has left behind. Throughout this week, he is examining the often troubled relat...
Reformation Centenary Broadsheet
Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things that time has left behind. This week Neil is looking at the co-existence of faiths - peaceful or...
Mexican Codex Map
The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London. This week Neil MacGregor is looking at the co-existence...
Shadow Puppet of Bima
The history of humanity - as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London - is in South East Asia. This week Neil MacGregor, the...
Miniature of a Mughal Prince
This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is looking at the co-existence of faiths - peaceful or otherwise - across the globe around 400 years a...
Shi'a Religious Parade Standard
Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things. This week he is exploring the development and co-existence of faiths across the globe around 40...
Pieces of eight
Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things that time has left behind. This week he is exploring the world between 1450 and 1600 - looking a...
Kakiemon elephants
The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London is this week exploring the world at the time of European...
Double-headed serpent
The history of humanity - as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London - is back in South America. This week Neil MacGregor,...
Benin plaque - the Oba with Europeans
This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is exploring the impact of the great European age of expansion and discovery during the 15th and 16th...
The mechanical galleon
Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things. This week he is exploring the impact of Western European travel, trade and conquest between 145...
Durer's Rhinoceros
Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things that time has left behind. This week he is exploring vigorous empires that flourished across the...
Jade dragon cup
The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London is this week exploring powerful empires around the world...
Inca gold llama
The history of humanity - as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London - is back in South America. This week Neil MacGregor,...
Ming banknote
This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is exploring the great empires of around 1500 - the threshold of the modern era. Today he is in Ming D...
Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent
Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things. This week he is exploring the great empires of the world around 1500 - from the Inca in South A...
Hoa Hakananai'a Easter Island statue
This week Neil MacGregor is exploring the sophisticated ways in which people connected to gods and ancestors in the Middle Ages. He is looking at reli...
Statue of Huastec goddess
The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London is in Mexico. This week Neil MacGregor is meeting the Go...
Shiva and Parvati sculpture
The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London is back in India. This week Neil MacGregor is with the g...
Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
This week Neil MacGregor's world history as told through objects is describing how people expressed devotion and connection with the divine in the 14t...
Holy Thorn Reliquary
Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things. This week he is exploring the sophisticated ways that people expressed religious yearning in th...
Taino ritual seat
The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum. This week the Museum's director, Neil MacGregor, is exploring hig...
The David Vases
The history of the world as told through objects that time has left behind. This week Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum, has chosen s...
Ife head
The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum is back in Africa. This week Neil MacGregor is exploring high stat...
Hebrew astrolabe
Neil MacGregor's world history as told through objects at the British Museum. This week he is exploring high status objects from across the world arou...