The Australian

Neil MacGregor on A History of the World in 100 Objects

“You sit in a little darkened basement cubbyhole in the BBC speaking into a microphone, and you’ve got no idea whether anyone’s ever going to listen to it,” MacGregor tells The Australian. The former ...
Robb Report

TCA Abu Dhabi to Exhibit 100 of the World’s Most Compelling Objects

Inspired by a popular BBC radio series, A History of the World in 100 Objects features personal objects such as the Chinese Jade Hair Ornament (dated c.3,500 BCE), while also showcasing other objects ...
BBC

Episodes (1 available)

Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made. Neil MacGregor updates his ...
insider.si.edu

A history of the world in 100 objects / Neil MacGregor

Pt. 1. Making us human: 2,000,000-9000 BC : Mummy of Hornedjitef ; Olduvai stone chopping tool ; Olduvai handaxe ; Swimming reindeer ; Clovis spear point -- pt. 2. After the Ice Age: food and sex: ...
BBC

A History of the World in 100 Objects

4/5 Neil MacGregor with the sculpture of a goddess made by the Huastec people of Mexico. Shiva and Parvati sculpture—Meeting The Gods (1200 - 1400 AD) 3/5 Neil MacGregor with a stone sculpture of the ...