A History of the World in 100 Objects

This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is looking at how the global economy became cemented in the 19th century... Read more

Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things. This week he is exploring the impact of Western European travel, ... Read more

Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things. Throughout this week he is examining the global economy of... Read more

The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London is this week exploring the... Read more

The history of humanity - as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London - is back in South Ameri... Read more

The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells the history of human development from the first stone axe to... Read more

The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells two million years of history of human development through th... Read more

Neil MacGregor, in his history of mankind as told through objects at the British Museum, selects four miniature clay cow... Read more

This week Neil MacGregor is exploring the emergence of sophisticated new powers across the world 2500 years ago, from th... Read more

This week the history of the world as told through one hundred objects is looking at how the world's great religions beg... Read more

Neil MacGregor concludes the first week of the second part of his global history as told through objects from the Britis... Read more

This week Neil MacGregor is exploring the growing importance of agriculture around the world at the end of the Ice Age, ... Read more

Neil MacGregor's telling of the story of humanity through individual objects at the British Museum. This week he is look... Read more

The history of the world as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum. This week Neil MacGregor, the Muse... Read more

Another chance to hear the first programmes in the second part of Neil MacGregor's global history told through objects f... Read more

Neil MacGregor, in his history of mankind as told through objects at the British Museum, selects a miniature mask to tel... Read more

A history of the world described through individual objects at the British Museum. This week Neil MacGregor, the Museum'... Read more

The history of the world as explained through objects arrives in North America 2000 years ago and a stone pipe used in r... Read more

Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects at the British Museum arrives in Britain at the time of the Roman co... Read more

The history of the world as told through objects at the British Museum arrives in India over 2000 years ago. Throughout ... Read more