History of the World in 100 objects

Connected Sites: 19

Definition
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.

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Connected Sites

  • Acropolis
    Acropolis
    Greece
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.27
    490
    14
    Prog 27 "Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith" (link)
  • Summer Palace
    Summer Palace
    China
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.90
    295
    9
    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)
  • Old City of Acre
    Old City of Acre
    Israel
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.24
    158
    6
    Prog 57 "Hedwig Glass Beaker" - believed to have been acquired in Acre during the Crusades (link)
  • Meroe
    Meroe
    Sudan
    Inscribed: 2011
    4.04
    34
    4
    No 35 Head of Augustus 27-25 BC
    See www.bbc.co.uk
  • Borobudur
    Borobudur
    Indonesia
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.27
    203
    9
    No 59. Buddha Head 750 - 850 AD
    See www.bbc.co.uk
  • Imperial Palace
    Imperial Palace
    China
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.19
    334
    11
    No 90. Jade Bi . Originally 1200 BC but inscribed in 1790 AD with a poem of the Qianlong Emperor
    See www.bbc.co.uk
  • Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
    Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.26
    24
    5
    Prog 60 "Kilwa Pot Sherds" (link)
  • Rapa Nui
    Rapa Nui
    Chile
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.49
    111
    13
    No 70. Hoa Hakananai'a Statue 1000 AD
    See www.bbc.co.uk
  • Potosi
    Potosi
    Bolivia
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.21
    91
    6
    No 80. Pieces of Eight 1589-98 AD
    See www.bbc.co.uk
  • Ngorongoro
    Ngorongoro
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.36
    129
    4
    Prog 2 "Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool" (link) Prog 3 "Olduvai Handaxe" (link)
  • Maritime Greenwich
    Maritime Greenwich
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.14
    410
    10
    No 91. Ships Chronometer from HMS Beagle. Early 19C AD. Chronometers for the Royal Navy were set and issued in Greenwich
    See www.bbc.co.uk
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    487
    12
    No 71. Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent 1520-66 AD
    See www.bbc.co.uk
  • Gyeongju
    Gyeongju
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.30
    146
    14
    Prog 49 "Korean roof tile" (link)
  • Damascus
    Damascus
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    77
    5
    No 46 Gold coin of Abd al-Malik. Minted in Damascus AD 696-7
    See www.bbc.co.uk
  • Copán
    Copán
    Honduras
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.87
    106
    7
    Prog 9 "Maya Maize God statue" (link)
  • Ancient Thebes
    Ancient Thebes
    Egypt
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.38
    257
    11
    Prog 1 "Mummy of Hornedjitef (link) Prog 17 "Rhind Mathematical Papyrus" (link) Prog 20 "Statue of Ramesses II" (link)
  • Moenjodaro
    Moenjodaro
    Pakistan
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.51
    26
    3
    Prog 13 "Indus Seal" (found at Harappa) (link)
  • Ahwar of Southern Iraq
    Ahwar of Southern Iraq
    Iraq
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.98
    23
    4
    Standard of Ur
    See www.bbc.co.uk
  • Samarra
    Samarra
    Iraq
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.02
    27
    5
    Prog 52 "Harem wall painting fragments" (link)