A History of the World in 100 Objects
By BBC Radio 4
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Podcast Description
Welcome to A History of the World. Below you can find all 100 episodes in the series. Although the series has ended, you can continue to listen to the episodes on this page or download them to keep on your computer or mp3 player by following the links on the right.
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AHOW: Shakespeare's Restless World - a new series from BBC Radio 4 | Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, describes a new series coming to BBC Radio 4 – Shakespeare’s Restless World. Twenty programmes will explore the world of Shakespeare and his audience through objects from that turbulent period, all available to download from 16 April 2012. | 12 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: A History of the World Special 18 May 2011 | Peter Lewis tells a story of love, separation and hardship, through the object he added to the BBC History of the World website: a portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted secretly for his Uncle Bryn in the Auschwitz concentration camp. | 19 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 100 Solar-powered lamp and charger 22 Oct 2010 | A lamp that runs off sunlight. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at the final object in the series: a solar-powered lamp with a charger that can bring cheap light and power to people around the world with no access to the electric grid. Simple, cheap and clean – is this the revolutionary technology of our future? With contributions from Aloka Sarder, a mother and adult student in West Bengal, and Nick Stern, expert on the economics of climate change. | 22 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 099 Credit card 21 Oct 2010 | A plastic credit card. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the changing role of money in the modern world by looking at a Shari'a compliant credit card. How is modern banking adapting for new markets and what are the moral issues confronting global finance? With contributions from Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, and Razi Fakih of HSBC bank. | 21 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 098 Throne of Weapons 20 Oct 2010 | Chair made from decommissioned guns. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the impact of weapons on the modern world by examining a sculptured throne made from decommissioned guns. The weapons are remnants of the Mozambique civil war - a conflict that claimed almost one million lives. With contributions by the artist, Kester, and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. | 20 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 097 Hockney's In the Dull Village 19 Oct 2010 | Print by the British artist David Hockney. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the sexual revolution of the 1960s through a print by David Hockney which shows two men in bed together. The work was one of a series created as the British government was planning to decriminalise sex between male partners over the age of 21. Including contributions by the artist himself and Shami Chakrabarti, director of the human rights group Liberty. | 19 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 096 Russian revolutionary plate 18 Oct 2010 | Decorated plate from St Petersburg. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the Russian Revolution by looking at a plate painted with propaganda for the new Communist state. The plate was made at the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, in 1901 but was decorated 20 years later in the same factory, which had become the State Porcelain Factory in the newly-named city of Petrograd. With contributions by Mikhail Piotrovsky and Eric Hobsbawn. | 18 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 095 Suffragette-defaced penny 15 Oct 2010 | A defaced coin from 1903. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the rise of mass political engagement in Britain and the emergence of the suffragettes by examining a penny coin, on which the image of Edward VII has been defaced with the words 'Votes for women'. With contributions from Helena Kennedy QC and the artist Felicity Powell. | 15 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 094 Sudanese slit drum 14 Oct 2010 | A wooden drum from central Africa. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines a buffalo-shaped drum from Sudan which was played in a court orchestra and used to transmit messages or summon warriors to war. The drum was captured by the British and Egyptian army at the Battle of Omdurman, near Khartoum, in 1898 and presented to Queen Victoria by Lord Kitchener. | 14 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 093 Hokusai's The Great Wave 13 Oct 2010 | Hokusai woodblock print. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines The Great Wave by Hokusai, one of the defining images of the power of the sea. He discovers its production initiated a wider awareness of Japanese art and became emblematic of the opening up of the country in the second half of the 19th century. With contributions by Donald Keene and Christine Guth. | 13 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 092 Early Victorian Tea Set 12 Oct 2010 | Wedgwood pottery tea set. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at the history of Britain's relationship with tea by examining an early Victorian stoneware set made by the Staffordshire pottery firm of Wedgwood. He discovers how mass-produced pottery and porcelain popularised the beverage. With contributions by Celina Fox and Monique Simmonds. | 12 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 091 Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle 11 Oct 2010 | A 19th century chronometer. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at an instrument that first helped Europeans to navigate with precision around the world - a marine chronometer. In particular the chronometer that accompanied Charles Darwin on his historic voyage around the world on board HMS Beagle. With contributions by geographer Nigel Thrift and geneticist Steve Jones. | 11 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 090 Jade bi 8 Oct 2010 | Inscribed jade disc. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores life in 18th-century China through a jade disc, or bi. This disc was owned by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty at a time when the country's culture was much admired by intellectuals of the European Enlightenment. With contributions by historian Jonathan Spence and the poet Yang Lian. | 8 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 089 Australian bark shield 7 Oct 2010 | Aboriginal shield collected by Captain Cook. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at a shield owned by one of the first Indigenous Australians to set eyes on Europeans, as they descended on Botany Bay in 1770. What can this object tell us about the early encounters between two such different cultures? With contributions by Phil Gordon, of the Australian Museum, Sydney, and the historian Maria Nugent. | 7 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 088 North American buckskin map 6 Oct 2010 | Map of the area between the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the differing attitudes towards land and living of Europeans and Native Americans in the 18th century. He looks at a buckskin map drawn up by a Native American as the British negotiated for land between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi. With contributions by cartographer Martin Lewis and historian David Edmunds. | 6 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 087 Hawaiian feather helmet 5 Oct 2010 | Feather helmet worn by Hawaiian chief. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines a chieftain's helmet given to Captain James Cook after he landed in Hawaii in 1778. He looks at the impact of Cook's mapping and collecting expeditions in the Pacific. With contributions from the anthropologist Nicholas Thomas and the Hawaiian academics Marques Hanalei Marzan, Kyle Nakanelua and Kaholokula. | 5 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 086 Akan Drum 4 October 2010 | 18th century African drum. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines an African drum that was taken to America during the slave trade- where drumming was to prove an important cultural influence. The object was later brought to England by the physician and collector Hans Sloane. With contributions by historian Anthony Appiah and writer Bonnie Greer. | 4 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 085 Reformation Centenary Broadsheet 1 Oct 2010 | Broadsheet depicting the Reformation of the Christian Church. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines a broadsheet souvenir, commissioned in Saxony in 1617 to raise morale on the centenary of the Protestant Reformation. With contributions from the satirist Ian Hislop and the historian of religion Karen Armstrong. | 1 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 084 Mexican Codex Map 30 Sept 2010 | Map showing details of the foundation of two towns in Mexico. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines an old map, or codex, that illustrates Spain's zeal for building churches after conquering Mexico in the 16th century. He looks at how Catholicism was assimilated alongside older pagan beliefs, with contributions from the historians Samuel Edgerton and Fernando Cervantes. | 30 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 083 Shadow Puppet of Bima 29 Sept 2010 | Puppet from the Indonesian island of Java. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the relationship between religion and society in South East Asia 400 years ago by examining a shadow puppet from Java. He talks to a Javanese puppet master while the Malaysian novelist Tash Aw discusses the influence of shadow theatre today. | 29 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 082 Miniature of a Mughal Prince 28 Sept 2010 | Miniature showing encounter between an Indian Mughal prince and a holy man. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at a 17th-century miniature and uses it to explore the religious tolerance encouraged by the rulers of India's Mughal empire. With the help of the historian Aman Nath, he looks at encounters between holy men and men of political power throughout Indian history. | 28 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 081 Shi'a Religious Parade Standard 27 Sept 2010 | Religious parade standard from Iran. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the development of faiths about 400 years ago, beginning with a standard from Iran that was carried at the front of processions as a symbol of the country's Shia faith. He also visits religious sites to reflect on the spiritual climate of the time. With contributions by Hossein Pourtahmasbi and Haleh Afshar. | 27 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 080 Pieces of Eight 24 Sept 2010 | 15th Century silver coins. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines pieces of eight - rough silver coins that were to become an international currency as Spain's trade with the world grew in the 15th and 16th centuries. He describes Spain's dominance in South America and the discovery of a silver mountain in Potosi in present day Bolivia. With a contribution by historian William Bernstein. | 24 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 079 Kakiemon Elephants 23 Sept 2010 | A pair of Japanese porcelain elephants. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum looks at how the skill of porcelain production spread across the Far East. Kakiemon, named after a Japanese potter, was much desired by the European elite. | 23 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 078 Double-headed Serpent 22 Sept 2010 | Turquoise ornament shaped as a serpent. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, describes the Aztecs, who created this double-headed serpent from tiny pieces of turquoise, and the Spanish conquest of their culture. Aztec specialist Adriane Diaz Enciso discusses the role of the snake in Aztec religion. | 22 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 077 Benin Plaque - the Oba with Europeans 21 Sept 2010 | Plaque showing aspects of Benin court life. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines some of Africa's most famous artworks, the Benin Plaques, and the effect these brass portraits first had when they arrived in London at the end of the 19th century. With contributions by Sokari Douglas Camp and Wole Soyinka on the art and heritage of Benin. | 21 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 076 The mechanical galleon 20 Sept 2010 | A small automaton, shaped like a galleon. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the impact of travel, trade and conquest in Western Europe between 1450 and 1600. This object shaped like the galleon the Spanish sent against England in the Armada, was made for a grand dinner table, it could move, make music, tell the time and fire tiny cannons. | 20 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 075 Durer's Rhinoceros 17 Sept 2010 | Albrecht Durer's famous engraving of an Indian rhino. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, tells the story of one of the most enduring objects in art history, and one of the most duplicated: Durer's image of a rhino - an animal which the artist had never seen. The rhino was brought to Portugal in 1514 and Neil uses this classic image to examine European ambitions at the time. | 17 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 074 Jade Dragon Cup 16 Sept 2010 | Jade cup that belonged to one of the great leaders of the Timurid Empire. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, tells the story of a cup once owned by Ulugh Beg, who built the great observatory in Samakand and has a crater on the moon named after him. Neil explores the story of the Timurids in Central Asia and the influences that spread along the Silk Road at this time. | 16 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 073 Inca Gold Llama 15 Sept 2010 | A simple, gold sculpture of a llama. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum examines the animal that helped fuel the success of the great Inca Empire, which ruled over some 12 million people along the Pacific West Coast of America. He tells the story of the Inca, their culture and religion, as well as what happened to them when the Spanish arrived. | 15 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 072 Ming Banknote 14 Sept 2010 | A surviving example of one of the world's first paper banknotes - much bigger than the notes of today and dated 1375. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explains how paper money comes about. While the rest of the world was happily trading in coins that had an actual value in silver or gold, why did the Chinese risk the use of paper? | 14 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 071 Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent 13 Sept 2010 | Personal signature of the great Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Magnificent. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum examines this monogram which is the ultimate expression of Suleiman's authority at this time - a stamp of state and delicate artwork rolled into one. The Turkish novelist Elif Shafak and the historian Caroline Finkel explore the power and meaning of this object. | 13 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 070 Hoa Hakananai'a Easter Island Statue 9 Jul 2010 | Moai statue from the Island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, looks at one of the most instantly recognisable sculptures in the world: a giant stone carving from Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. Why were these deeply mysterious objects made and why were many ultimately toppled over? Internationally-renowned sculptor Sir Anthony Caro and Steve Hooper, an expert on the arts of the Pacific, both respond to this monumental work of devotion. | 9 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 069 Statue of Huastec Goddess 8 Jul 2010 | Stone statue made in Mexico and associated with two goddesses. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor examines a sandstone sculpture of a goddess made by the Huastec people of present-day Mexico. The figure stands bare breasted with hands folded over her stomach, wearing a remarkable fan-shaped headdress. This Huastec mother-goddess also became associated with the later Aztec goddess of sexuality and fertility, Tlazolteotl. | 8 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 068 Shiva and Parvati Sculpture 7 Jul 2010 | Indian temple statue of divine Hindu couple, Shiva and Parvati. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, discusses a magnificent stone sculpture showing two of the most beloved and familiar figures of Hinduism. The vehicles of the deities, a bull and a lion, and their children sit at their feet, while a host of supporting musicians and attendants swirl around their heads. But how images like this help cement the relationship between deity and devotee? | 7 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 067 Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy 6 Jul 2010 | Icon from Constantinople showing the Triumph of Orthodoxy. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, tells the story of the overthrow of iconoclasm and the restoration of holy images in AD 843, a moment of triumph for the Orthodox branch of the Christian church. This icon shows the annual festival of orthodoxy celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent, with historical figures of that time and a famous depiction of the Virgin Mary. | 6 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 066 Holy Thorn Reliquary 5 Jul 2010 | Christian reliquary from medieval Europe. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, examines an object designed to connect with Christ himself. He tells the story of this highly ornate reliquary which was made to house a thorn from the crown of thorns placed on Christ’s head at the crucifiction. Sister Benedicta Ward and the Archbishop of Leeds, the Right Rev Arthur Roche, help explain the powerful tradition of relic worship. | 5 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 065 Taino Ritual Seat 2 Jul 2010 | Wooden seat carved in the shape of an ancestor spirit by the Taino, one of the pre-European, native Caribbean peoples. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, tells the story of a beautifully carved four-legged stool which has survived the destruction of the Caribbean culture that produced it. Its long shape and wide-eyed face probably belonged to a chief, or 'cacique', of the Taino people who originated in South America and populated the whole region. | 2 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 064 The David Vases 1 Jul 2010 | A pair of vases from the Yuan dynasty in China, made from instantly-recognisable blue and white porcelain. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, describes the history of porcelain and the use of these vases in a temple setting. Historian Craig Clunas talks about the volatile world of Yuan China and writer Jenny Uglow tries to put her finger on why we find Chinese porcelain so appealing. | 1 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 063 Ife Head 30 Jun 2010 | Head of an Oni, a ruler of Ife in Nigeria, one of medieval Africa's most powerful and wealthy kingdoms. With deeply naturalistic features, it is widely considered as one of the greatest achievements of world art. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines the political, economic and spiritual life of the Yoruba city state that produced it. With contributions from writer Ben Okri and the art historian Babatunde Lawal, who considers its role in traditional tribal life. | 30 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 062 Hebrew Astrolabe 29 Jun 2010 | Astronomical instrument from medieval Spain which could perform multiple tasks, from working out the time to preparing horoscopes. Originating from Spain at a time when Christianity, Islam and Judaism coexisted there, this instrument carries symbols recognisable to all three religions. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, considers who it was made for and how it was used. Historian Sir John Elliott discusses the political and religious climate of 14th-century Spain. | 29 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 061 Lewis Chessmen 28 Jun 2010 | Ivory chess pieces found in the Outer Hebrides. They take us to the world of Northern Europe at a time when Norway ruled parts of Scotland. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, describes the medieval world of the Chessmen and explains how the game evolved. Historian Miri Rubin considers the genesis of the pieces and the novelist Martin Amis celebrates the metaphorical power of chess. | 28 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 060 Kilwa pot sherds 25 Jun 2010 | Pieces of broken pottery found on the island of Kilwa Kisiwani, off the coast of Tanzania. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, sifts through a selection of broken pots, found on a beach. He finds the variety of glazes and decorations reveal a string of thriving communities along the East African coast with links across the Indian Ocean and beyond. Historian Bertram Mapunda and writer Abdulrazak Gurnah help piece together the cross-cultural mix that produced the Swahili culture and language. | 25 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 059 Borobudur Buddha head 24 Jun 2010 | Head of a Buddha statue from Borobudur in Java. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines a stone head from Borobudur, one of the world's greatest monuments. He looks at the monument, which is built from one-and-a-half million blocks of stone and devised as an architectural aid to spiritual practice, and considers the trade routes that brought Buddhism to South East Asia. With contributions from anthropologist Nigel Barley and writer and Buddhist teacher Stephen Batchelor. | 24 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 058 Japanese bronze mirror 23 Jun 2010 | Bronze mirror decorated with dancing cranes. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at this mirror which comes from a time when the Japanese suddenly cut themselves off from the outside world and stopped all official contact with China, a country it had frequently borrowed ideas from. Writer Ian Buruma and archaeologist Harada Masayuki help tell the story of the Heian period of Japanese history, a moment of great cultural awakening. | 23 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 057 Hedwig glass beaker 22 Jun 2010 | Glass beaker from central Europe probably made by a Muslim craftsman. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines a glass beaker made in Syria or Egypt at a time when Christians were warring with Muslims in the crusades. The glass became associated with the miracles of a Christian saint, Hedwig, who turned water into wine when it touched her lips. But how did Islamic glass reach Christian Europe during the Crusades? | 22 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 056 Vale of York Hoard 21 Jun 2010 | Hoard of coins and other items buried in a silver cup. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines a great Viking treasure hoard that was discovered by metal detectors in a field in North Yorkshire. This recent discovery consists of over 600 coins, from as far away as Afghanistan and Iraq, and dates back to the 10th century. Neil describes what the England of the early 900s was really like, and unravels the cliches that abound about the Vikings. | 21 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 055 Chinese Tang figures 18 Jun 2010 | Ceramic figures from the burial of a Chinese Tang general. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, describes how, around 700 AD, the elite of China's Tang Dynasty chose to leave their mark on the world by writing or commissioning their own obituaries. China scholar Oliver Moore explains the ambitions of the dynasty and journalist Anthony Howard describes the power of the obituary. | 18 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 054 Statue of Tara 17 Jun 2010 | Statue of female Buddhist deity Tara from Sri Lanka, who represents mercy and compassion. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores what was happening in South Asia during Europe's medieval period. He tells the story through a statue, which was crafted for a powerful ruler in Sri Lanka 1,200 years ago. Richard Gombrich and Nira Wickramasinghe contribute. | 17 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 053 Lothair Crystal 16 Jun 2010 | Crystal engraved with images from the Biblical story of Susanna. Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, looks at the Lothair Crystal, made in the mid-9th century and showing scenes of Susanna, wife of a rich merchant, falsely accused of adultery. The crystal was intended to exemplify the proper functioning of justice but, intriguingly, the king it was made for was himself trying to have his marriage annulled so he could marry his mistress. | 16 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 052 Harem wall painting fragments 15 Jun 2010 | Portraits from a wall painting of women from the caliph’s palace in Samara. Director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor explains what life was really like in the great court in the ancient city of Samara, north of Baghdad - one of the great Muslim capitals of the world. The paintings offer a vivid insight into the lives of the rulers of the Abbasid court and the slave women whose job was to entertain them. | 15 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 051 Maya Relief of Royal Blood-Letting 14 Jun 2010 | Maya temple carving showing a scene of ritual blood-letting. Neil MacGregor, Director of British Museum, looks at a limestone carving showing a king and his wife, who is piercing her tongue to induce pain and provoke a visionary trance. He describes a culture which built a great city in the jungle of modern-day Mexico, with contributions from Virginia Fields, expert on Maya iconography, and psychotherapist Susie Orbach. | 14 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 050 Silk princess painting 11 Jun 2010 | Fragile silk painting telling story of industrial espionage. Neil McGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the Buddhist kingdom of Khotan, now in Western China, and tells a powerful story about how the secrets of silk manufacture were passed along the Silk Road. Cellist and composer Yo Yo Ma and the writer Colin Thubron consider its impact - in reality and on the imagination. | 11 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 049 Korean roof tile 10 Jun 2010 | Roof tile with image of an intimidating face intended to scare evil spirits from a house. The tile is from Kyongju, the ancient capital of Korea. Similar tiles were used earlier in China, but once introduced into the Korean peninsula, they reached a new height in popularity and artistry. Neil McGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at what was happening in Korea, as it became a newly unified kingdom under the Silla state. | 10 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 048 Moche Warrior pot 9 Jun 2010 | Pot in the shape of a kneeling warrior, made by the Moche in South America. Neil McGregor, Director of the British Museum, uncovers what life and culture was like in South America at a time when, a continent away, Islam was transforming the Middle East. He explores the story of the Moche people and introduces us to a remarkable lost civilisation, with help from expert Steve Bourget and the potter Grayson Perry. | 9 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 047 Sutton Hoo helmet 8 Jun 2010 | Helmet found in the grave of an Anglo-Saxon warrior king. Neil McGregor, Director of the British Museum, travels to East Anglia to describe the sensational burial discovery that has been hailed as a "British Tutankhamen". He looks at the helmet, the world it inhabited and the imagination it has inspired. The poet Seamus Heaney reflects on it in the context of the great Anglo-Saxon epic poem, Beowulf, and archaeologist Angus Wainwright describes the discovery of the great grave ship where the helmet was found. | 8 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 046 Gold coins of Abd Al-Malik 7 Jun 2010 | Gold coins from Syria. Neil McGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at how the Syrian capital Damascus was rapidly becoming the centre of a new Islamic empire. He tells the story through two gold coins that perfectly capture the moment - with contributions from the historian Hugh Kennedy and the anthropologist Madawi Al-Rasheed. | 7 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 045 Arabian Bronze Hand 4 Jun 2010 | Life sized bronze hand with writing on the back. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the religious climate of pre-Islamic Arabia, its wealth of local gods and imported beliefs. The bronze hand is not part of a god, but a gift to a god in a Yemeni hill village. The hand surgeon Jeremy Field considers whether this was the modelled from a real human hand and religious historian Philip Jenkins reflects on what happens to the old pagan gods when a brand new religion sweeps into town. | 4 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 044 Hinton St Mary Mosaic 3 Jun 2010 | Mosaic of one of the earliest known images of Christ. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at this mosaic which was made somewhere around the year 350 and was found on the floor of a Roman villa in Dorset. He explores what the object’s survival says about the state of Christianity at this time and what sort of Christ was imagined in Roman Britain. Historians Dame Averil Cameron and Eamon Duffy help paint the picture. | 3 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 043 Silver Plate Showing Shapur II 1 Jun 2010 | Silver plate showing Sasanian King Shapur II, who ruled Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at power and faith in 4th Century Iran. He describes how an apparently secular image of King Shapur II hunting deer reveals the beliefs of the day, when the king was seen as the agent of god and the upholder of the state religion - Zoroastrianism. He explores why the belief system of such a powerful dynasty failed to become a dominant world religion. | 2 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 042 Gold Coin of Kumaragupta I | Gold coin from the Gupta empire, showing a goddess and a horse. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the Hindu images of gods and goddesses that can be found on coins from the Gupta empire, which flourished in India from around 320 to 550 AD. The Gupta period is regarded by many Indians as a golden age, a time when Indian cultural life and religion came together to create temples and texts that are central to Hinduism today. | 1 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 041 Seated Buddha of Gandhara 31 May 2010 | One of the earliest images of the seated Buddha. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at how Buddhism set about creating the classic image to represent the real life Buddha, who lived and roamed around North India in the 5th Century BC. It was not until over five hundred years later that the classic seated image was first formulated. The Dalai Lama's official translator, Thupten Jinpa, and the historian Claudine Bautze-Picron help explain how the image came about. | 31 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 040 Hoxne pepper pot 28 May 2010 | A silver pepper pot from a Roman treasure hoard found buried in England. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at how the elite of Roman Britain sustained their appetite for luxury goods and good living in the years before their demise. He explores how Romans satisfied their particular taste for pepper, with contributions from the food writer Christine McFadden and historian Roberta Tomber. | 28 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 039 Admonitions Scroll 27 May 2010 | Chinese scroll with advice for palace ladies on correct behaviour. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores this eleven foot painting based on a poem, which attempted to define the proper behaviour for women during the tumultuous time that followed the collapse of the Han Empire. He tells the story of the scroll and finds out what it is was about women's behaviour that was so worrying men of the period. | 27 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 038 Ceremonial Ballgame Belt 26 May 2010 | A ceremonial stone belt from central America. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at the ceremonial version of the leather and fibre padding used in an ancient ball game - the world's oldest-known organised sport. Historian Michael Whittington considers the ritual aspects of the game and writer Nick Hornby describes how sport straddles the emotional territory between the sacred and the profane. | 26 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 037 North American Otter Pipe 25 May 2010 | Stone pipe shaped as an otter and used in ritual tobacco-smoking. The pipe is one of hundreds shaped as animals that were found in huge mounds in present-day Ohio. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, pieces together the evidence for how these pipes were used. Former MP Tony Benn considers the allure of smoking, while Native American historian Gabrielle Tayac describes how the pipe formed a central role in traditional life. | 25 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 036 Warren Cup 24 May 2010 | A silver cup that offers a rare glimpse into the world of sexual love in ancient Rome. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at the Warren cup, which features such explicit images of homosexual acts that it was once banned from America and museums refused to buy it. He explores how sexuality was viewed at this time and why the Romans were so keen to copy the Greeks. The historians Bettany Hughes and James Davidson help provide the answers. | 24 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 035 Head of Augustus 21 May 2010 | Head of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at one of the world’s most famous rulers, whose powerful, God-like status is brilliantly enshrined in a 2000-year-old bronze head with striking eyes. He explores how Augustus dramatically enlarged the Roman Empire, establishing his image as one of its most familiar objects. The historian Susan Walker and the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, help explain the power and methodology of Augustus. | 21 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 034 Chinese Han lacquer cup 20 May 2010 | A lacquer cup made on the orders of the Chinese Han dynasty emperor. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, tells the story of the cup, most probably given by the emperor to one of his military commanders in North Korea, and how the Chinese maintained loyalty and control by dispensing luxury gifts. The historian Roel Sterckx underlines the importance of lacquer for the period, while writer Isabel Hilton looks at how the production of goods under state control has remained a consistent interest of the Chinese. | 20 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 033 Rosetta Stone 19 May 2010 | Ancient Egyptian stela with text in Greek, heiroglyphs and demotic. The Rosetta Stone is one of the British Museum’s best known objects and a valuable key to the decipherment of hieroglyphs. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum tells the story of the Egypt of Ptolemy V. He also looks at the Greek kings who ruled in Alexandria and the struggle between the British and the French over the Middle East and their squabble over the stone. Historian Dorothy Thompson and the writer Ahdaf Soueif help untangle the tale. | 19 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 032 Pillar of Ashoka 18 May 2010 | A fragment from a pillar edict of Indian ruler Ashoka. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at how Ashoka turned his back on violence and plunder to promote the ethical codes inspired by Buddhism. Ashoka communicated to his vast new nation through a series of edicts written on rocks and pillars, but what is his legacy in the Indian sub-continent today? Amartya Sen and the Bhutanese envoy to Britain, Michael Rutland, describe what happened when Buddhism and the power of the state came together. | 18 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 031 Coin with head of Alexander 17 May 2010 | Coin showing Alexander the Great, issued by one of his successors. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, tells the story of Alexander the Great through a small silver coin that was made years after his death. One of history's most famous leaders, his empire was to stretch from Egypt to northern India and left an impressive legacy on the world today. Political commentator Andrew Marr considers Alexander as a model for future rulers and the historian Robin Lane-Fox explains the motivation behind Alexander's extraordinary ascent. | 17 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 society that worked in harmony. How do his teachings go down in China today? Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the Confucian view of the world with reference to this large bronze bell, and with help from the writer Isabel Hilton and the percussionist Evelyn Glennie. | 26 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 writing. As the Parthenon was being created in Greece and the Persians were expanding the world's biggest empire, Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, considers what was life like for the 'mother culture' of Central America. With contributions from the Olmec specialist Karl Taube and the Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes. | 25 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 years ago and considered to be the most important and earliest examples of Celtic art. Writer Jonathan Meades and Barry Cunliffe help describe the Celts, dissect the stereotypes and consider their celebrated love of drink. | 24 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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, Greece. Carved out of marble around 440BC, these beautiful figures continue to generate huge controversy around the world for the fact that they remain in London and have not been returned to Greece. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, acknowledges the political controversy but concentrates on their artistic story and the ancient Greek world that created them - a culture besotted with the myths and imagery of battle. With contributions from Greek archaeologist Olga Palagia and classicist Mary Beard. | 23 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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, the 'king of kings', and his ambitions for his vast territory. Cyrus, the first Persian emperor, created the largest empire the world had ever known. It stretched from Turkey to Pakistan and required a hugely sophisticated network of communications and control. | 22 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at how a powerful new state found a dramatic way to help run its increasingly complex economy and trading networks. How did money, in the form of coins, first come about? And why do we still talk of the wealth of Croesus, a king of Lydia, in what is now western Turkey? | 19 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 went to astonishing lengths to make and decorate their textiles whose colours remain striking to this day. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, asks what were they for and what they tell us about the beliefs of this time? He tries to piece together what life might have been like for these people living on the Paracas peninsula around 500 BC. | 18 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 for use in the afterlife. What can this beautiful bronze bowl tell us about life in China at this time? Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, finds out how the long-established Shang dynasty was overthrown by a group of outsiders, the Zhou. With contributions from Dame Jessica Rawson and the Chinese scholar Wang Tao. | 17 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 even know that the mighty land of the Pharaohs was once ruled over by its southern neighbour. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, describes what was happening along the River Nile and how a a powerful new king, from a vibrant new civilisation, conquered Egypt. | 16 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 town of Lachish, near Jerusalem. The Assyrian war machine was to create the largest empire that the world had ever seen and used the terror tactic of mass deportations. These giant stone carvings show powerful images of war and, perhaps for the first time, the terrible consequences on civilian populations. Includes contributions from the statesman Paddy Ashdown and the historian Antony Beevor. | 15 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 020 Statue of Ramesses II 12 Feb 2010 | Colossal statue of Ramesses II, one of ancient Egypt’s most famous and successful pharaohs. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, considers the achievements of Ramesses II, a ruler who built monuments all over Egypt, inspired a line of future pharaohs and was worshipped as a god a thousand years later. He looks at how this statue helped define the image of imperial Egypt and talks to sculptor Antony Gormley about creating monumental works of art. | 12 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 019 Mold Gold Cape 11 Feb 2010 | A gold cape made almost 4,000 years ago and discovered in 1833, by a group of workmen looking for stones in a field near the village of Mold in North Wales. This sheet of pure gold, found wrapped around a skeleton, inspires Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, to envisage the society that made it. Nothing like the contemporary courts of the pharaohs of Egypt, or the Minoan palaces of Crete, seems to have existed in Britain at that time, but he imagines a people with surprisingly sophisticated skills and social structures. | 11 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 018 Minoan Bull Leaper 10 Feb 2010 | A small, bronze sculpture of a man leaping over a bull from the island of Crete is the starting point for an exploration of the Minoans, their rich bronze making tradition and the role of the bull in myth and legend. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at a complex and still largely unknown culture at the centre of the vast network of trade routes in the Mediterranean of the time. He also tracks down a modern day bull leaper to try and figure out the attraction. | 10 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 017 Rhind Mathematical Papyrus 9 Feb 2010 | An ancient Egyptian papyrus from around 1550 BC, used to train scribes. It contains 84 different calculations to help with various aspects of Egyptian life, from pyramid building to working out how much grain it takes to fatten a goose. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at man's early experiments with numbers and discovers how the Egyptians’ understanding of mathematics enabled them to build a state machine, which could manage food supplies and even compute the flood levels of the Nile. | 9 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 016 Flood Tablet 8 Feb 2010 | A small tablet, found in modern Iraq, tells of a plan by the gods to destroy the world by means of a great flood. Pre-dating the story of Noah, when it was translated in 1872, this fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh caused a storm around the world and led to a passionate debate about the truth of the Bible, about storytelling and the universality of legend. How could the similarity between the Mesopotamian myth and the biblical Flood story be explained? | 8 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 015 Early writing tablet 5 Feb 2010 | A small clay tablet made in Mesopotamia about 5,000 years ago. It is covered with sums but also some of the world’s earliest writing – about beer rationing. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at how humans invented writing to cope with the increasing sophistication of trade and commerce. Including contributions from philosopher John Searle, on what the invention of writing does for the human mind, and Britain's top civil servant, Sir Gus O'Donnell, on the beginnings of bureaucracy. | 5 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 014 Jade axe 4 Feb 2010 | A 6,000-year-old, polished, stone axe found in Canterbury but made in the Alps. Between 5,000 and 2,000BC Mesopotamia built the royal city of Ur, the Indus valley boasted the city of Harappa, and the great early civilisation of Egypt spread along the Nile. But in Britain, and most other places, life was much simpler. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, tells the story of how this beautiful jade axe may have been used and traded, and how its source was traced to the heart of Europe. | 4 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 013 Indus seal 3 Feb 2010 | The ancient city of Harappa lies around 150 miles north of Lahore, in Pakistan. It was once one of the great centres of a civilisation with vast trade connections, which built over 100 cities, some with sophisticated sanitation systems, large-scale architecture and even a modern grid layout. But the Indus civilisation in Pakistan and India had been totally forgotten until a small seal, used for making impressions in wax or clay, led to its rediscovery. | 3 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 012 Standard of Ur 2 Feb 2010 | A set of mosaic scenes, mounted on a single box, show powerful images of battle and regal life. The Standard of Ur was found nearly 100 years ago at a royal burial site in the city of Ur, in southern Iraq, and remains remarkably well preserved given its 4,500-year-old history. Uncovered with magnificent gold and silver jewellery at the heart of one of the first great civilisations in the world, what can it tell us about the nature of kingship and power in Mesopotamia? | 2 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 011 King Den's Sandal Label 1 Feb 2010 | A small label, made from hippopotamus ivory and attached to the sandals of one of the earliest known kings of Egypt. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at what this label, with its hieroglyphs describing the king and his military conquests, can tell us about new trade links, the first handwriting, and new forms of leadership and beliefs. All of which emerge as large numbers of people come together in the world's first cities between 5,000 and 2,000 BC. | 1 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 010 Jomon Pot 29 Jan 10 | A 7,000-year-old Japanese clay pot has managed to remain almost perfectly intact. Pots began in Japan around 17,000 years ago and by the time this pot was made had achieved a remarkable sophistication. This simple clay object makes a fascinating connection between the Japan of today and the emerging world of people in Japan at the end of the Ice Age. What was the significance of agriculture to the Jomon and how did they make their pots? | 29 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 009 Maya Maize God Statue 28 Jan 10 | This stone Maize God was discovered on the site of a major Mayan city in present-day Honduras and is wearing a headdress in the shape of a giant corn cob. Maize was not only worshipped at that time but the Maya also believed that their ancestors were descended from maize. Including contributions from the anthropologist Professor John Staller and the restaurateur Santiago Calva, who explain the complexity of Mayan mythological belief and the ongoing power of maize in Central America today. | 28 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 008 Egyptian Clay Model of Cattle 27 Jan 10 | Four frail-looking cows were made from Nile mud in Egypt 5,500 years ago, long before the time of the pyramids or the pharaohs. They show the major changes that early man was undergoing at the end of the Ice Age. Why did the Egyptians start burying objects like this one with their dead? Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, goes in search of life and death on the Nile and discovers how the domestication of cattle transformed human existence. | 27 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 007 Ain Sakhri Lovers Figurine 26 Jan 10 | A palm-sized stone sculpture made in Northern Israel 12,000 years ago clearly shows a couple entwined in the act of love. Sculptor Marc Quinn responds to the stone as art, and archaeologist Dr Ian Hodder considers the Natufian society that produced it. What was human life and society actually like all those years ago? Possibly a lot more sophisticated than we imagine. | 26 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 006 Bird-shaped Pestle 25 Jan 10 | At the end of the Ice Age, one of the most important parts of human existence was finding enough food to survive. Taking a pestle from Papua New Guinea as an example, Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, asks why our ancestors decided to cook foods, rather than just eat them raw. The answer provides us with a telling insight into the way early humans settled on the land. Including contributions by food writer Madhur Jaffrey, campaigner Sir Bob Geldof and archaeologist Professor Martin Jones. | 25 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 005 Clovis Spear Point 22 Jan 2010 | This sharp spearhead helps us understand how humans spread across the globe. By 11,000 BC humans had moved from north-east Asia into the uninhabited wilderness of north America. Within 2,000 years they had populated the whole continent. How did these hunters live, and how is their Asian origin reflected in the creation stories of modern-day Native Americans? Including contributions from Michael Palin and American archaeologist Gary Haynes. | 22 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 004 Swimming Reindeer 21 Jan 2010 | Found in France and dating back 13,000 years, this is a carving of two swimming reindeer. The creator of this carving was one of the first humans to express their world through art. But why did they do it? Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, tells the story of the Swimming Reindeer's place in the history of art and religion. With contributions from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and archaeologist Professor Steven Mithen. | 21 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 003 Olduvai Handaxe 20 Jan 2010 | As early humans slowly began to move beyond their African homeland, they took with them one essential item - a handaxe. It is the most widely-used tool humans have created. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, sees just how vital to our evolution this sharp, ingenious implement was and how it allowed the spread of humans across the globe. Including contributions from designer Sir James Dyson and archaeologist Nick Ashton. | 20 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 002 Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool 19 Jan 2010 | A simple chipped stone from the Rift Valley in Tanzania marks the emergence of modern humans. Faced with the needs to cut meat from carcasses, early humans in Africa discovered how to shape stones into cutting tools. From that one innovation, a whole history of human development springs. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, tells the story with contributions from flint napper Phil Harding, Sir David Attenborough and African Nobel Prize winner Dr Wangeri Maathai. | 19 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: 001 Mummy of Hornedjitef 18 Jan 10 | This ornate Egyptian coffin holds secrets to the understanding of their priests' religion, Egyptian society and its connections to the rest of the world. At the age of eight, Neil MacGregor visited the British Museum for the first time and came face to face with this object and it has fascinated and intrigued him ever since. | 18 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AHOW: Welcome | Welcome to this new BBC podcast. If you subscribe to the podcast feed, you should receive the first episode of this series automatically within the next seven days. To find other podcasts from the BBC, visit www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts. | 11 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Fantastic
Just fantastic, and an engrossing listen. Amazing how much can be said about such simple objects. BUT What about putting a picture of the object in the podcast artwork ? Would make a huge improvement.
Fascinating
This is why the license fee must stay!
Brilliant!!
This is radio 4 and British broadcasting at it's best.
