History of the World in 100 objects

Connected Sites: 19

WHS represented by (= /made at/found in/closely associated with etc) objects on the BBC 2010 series "A History of the World in 100 Objects". The series number is shown together with a link to the BBC descriptive Web page. From those pages there are further links to detail on the British Museum Web site and also to downloadable podcasts for each program, but these may not be available to non UK IP addresses. There is however also a link to a full transcript of the text of each program.

Connected Sites

Ancient Thebes

Egypt

Inscribed: 1979

4.39

341

Prog 1 "Mummy Of Hornedjitef (Link) Prog 17 "Rhind Mathematical Papyrus" (Link) Prog 20 "Statue Of Ramesses Ii" (Link)

Ngorongoro

Tanzania

Inscribed: 1979

4.35

160

Prog 2 "Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool" (Link) Prog 3 "Olduvai Handaxe" (Link)

Copán

Honduras

Inscribed: 1980

3.86

128

Prog 9 "Maya Maize God Statue" (Link)

Moenjodaro

Pakistan

Inscribed: 1980

3.51

Prog 13 "Indus Seal" (Found At Harappa) (Link)

Acropolis

Greece

Inscribed: 1987

4.26

668

Prog 27 "Parthenon Sculpture: Centaur And Lapith" (Link)

Summer Palace

China

Inscribed: 1998

3.92

420

Prog 39 "Admonitions Of The Instructress To The Court Ladies". (Link) The British Museum Web Site Talks Of The Painting's "Arrival At The British Museum In 1903" And That It Had Been "In The Imperial Collection During The Reign Of The Qianlong Emperor (1736-96)." China Believes That The Painting Was Looted From The Summer Palace In 1900 (Link)