A History of the World in 100 Objects - Neil MacGregor

"While we’re catching up with historical podcasts, note that BBC Radio 4′s The History of the World in 100 Objects (iTunes – RSS Feed – Web Site) has wrapped up and covered all 100 objects. And not, mind you, just any old objects: these objects come straight from the collection of the British Museum, and thus almost certainly reveal the story of mankind more effectively than most. For that has constituted the program’s project since its inception: to tell, for just under fifteen minutes at a stretch, one chapter of human history as the trained eye can read it in an object like an early writing tablet, a Chinese bronze bell, or an Egyptian clay model of cattle."
The Complete History of the World (and Human Creativity) in 100 Objects
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British Museum: A History of the World in 100 objects
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