Neil MacGregor continues to explore the emergence of sophisticated new powers across the world...
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Neil MacGregor continues to explore the emergence of sophisticated new powers across the world...
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AHOW: 030 Chinese bronze bell 26 Feb 2010
A Chinese bell which plays different notes when hit in different places. Confucius believed in a...
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Neil MacGregor selects a miniature mask to tell the story of the Olmec, the mysterious people of...
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AHOW: 029 Olmec Stone Mask 25 Feb 2010
A stone face made by Olmecs, the first Central American culture to build cities and develop...
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Neil MacGregor's history of the world recounted through objects at the British Museum arrives in...
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AHOW: 028 Basse Yutz Flagons 24 Feb 2010
The Basse Yutz Flagons - two bronze drinking flagons made by the Celts in Northern Europe 2,500...
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Parthenon Sculpture: Centaur and Lapith
Neil MacGregor examines the emergence of powerful new forces across the globe around the fifth...
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AHOW: 027 Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith 23 Feb 2010
Sculpture of a half-man, half-horse rearing over a dead human from the Parthenon in Athens,...
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Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects at the British Museum arrives in Persia 2,500...
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AHOW: 026 Oxus Chariot Model 22 Feb 2010
This hand-sized model of a gold chariot pulled by four horses helps explain the rule of Cyrus,...
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Neil MacGregor has been looking at the collapse of old regimes and the emergence of new powers...
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AHOW: 025 Gold Coin of Croesus 19 Feb 2010
One of the world’s earliest coins, minted in ancient Turkey about 2,500 years ago. Neil...
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The director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells the history of human development from...
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AHOW: 024 Paracas Textile 18 Feb 2010
Pieces of cloth found wrapped around a mummified body on the coast of Peru. The early Peruvians...
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The Director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor retells the history of human development from...
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AHOW: 023 Chinese Zhou ritual vessel 17 Feb 2010
A Chinese bronze vessel used both for feasting and as an object to be buried alongside the dead...
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Neil MacGregor continues to describe the power struggles across the globe around 3,000 years ago,...
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AHOW: 022 Sphinx of Taharqo 16 Feb 2010
A sphinx with the black African face of pharoah Taharqo of Kush, in Sudan. These days few people...
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Neil MacGregor's history of the world told through objects from the British Museum arrives at the...
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AHOW: 021 Lachish Reliefs 15 Feb 2010
Stone carvings from the palace of King Sennacherib of Assyria, showing his army attacking the...
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The Jersey Devil
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