History of the World in 100 objects
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
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Acropolis | Prog 27 "Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith" (link) | |
| Ahwar of Southern Iraq | Standard of Ur | |
| Ancient Thebes | Prog 1 "Mummy of Hornedjitef (link) Prog 17 "Rhind Mathematical Papyrus" (link) Prog 20 "Statue of Ramesses II" (link) | |
| Borobudur | No 59. Buddha Head 750 - 850 AD | |
| Copán | Prog 9 "Maya Maize God statue" (link) | |
| Damascus | No 46 Gold coin of Abd al-Malik. Minted in Damascus AD 696-7 | |
| Gyeongju | Prog 49 "Korean roof tile" (link) | |
| Imperial Palace | No 90. Jade Bi . Originally 1200 BC but inscribed in 1790 AD with a poem of the Qianlong Emperor | |
| Istanbul | No 71. Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent 1520-66 AD | |
| Maritime Greenwich | No 91. Ships Chronometer from HMS Beagle. Early 19C AD. Chronometers for the Royal Navy were set and issued in Greenwich | |
| Meroe | No 35 Head of Augustus 27-25 BC | |
| Moenjodaro | Prog 13 "Indus Seal" (found at Harappa) (link) | |
| Ngorongoro | Prog 2 "Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool" (link) Prog 3 "Olduvai Handaxe" (link) | |
| Old City of Acre | Prog 57 "Hedwig Glass Beaker" - believed to have been acquired in Acre during the Crusades (link) | |
| Potosi | No 80. Pieces of Eight 1589-98 AD | |
| Rapa Nui | No 70. Hoa Hakananai'a Statue 1000 AD | |
| Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara | Prog 60 "Kilwa Pot Sherds" (link) | |
| Samarra | Prog 52 "Harem wall painting fragments" (link) | |
| Summer Palace | 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) |
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