Objects of ancient art, industry, technology and arms, all of which are in the British Museum's collections, as an introduction to parts of human history.
Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC)
2 - Olduvai stone chopping tool
3 - Olduvai handaxe
After the Ice Age: Food and Sex (9000 - 3500 BC)
7 - Ain Sakhri or 'The Lovers'
8 - Egyptian Painted Pottery Cattle
10 - Jomon pot
The First Cities and States (4000 - 2000 BC)
12 - Standard of Ur
13 - Indus seal
14 - Jade axe
15 - Early writing tablet
The Beginning of Science & Literature (1500 - 700 BC)
16 - Flood Tablet
17 - Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
18 - Minoan Bull Leaper
19 - Mold Gold Cape
Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC)
21 - Lachish Reliefs
22 - Sphinx of Taharqo
23 - Chinese Zhou ritual vessel
24 - Paracas textile
25 - Gold coin of Croesus
The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC)
- 26 Oxus chariot model
27 - Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith
28 - Basse Yutz Flagons
29 - Olmec stone mask
30 - Chinese bronze bell
Empire Builders (300BC - 1 AD)
31 - Coin with head of Alexander
32 - Pillar of Ashoka
33 - Rosetta Stone
35 - Head of Augustus
Ancient Pleasures, Modern Spice (1 AD - 600 AD)
36 - Warren Cup
37 - North American otter pipe
39 - Admonitions Scroll
40 - Hoxne pepper pot
The Rise of World Faiths (200 - 600 AD)
41 - Seated Buddha from Gandhara
42 - Gold coin of Kumaragupta I
43 - Silver plate showing Shapur II
45 - Arabian bronze hand
The Silk Road and Beyond (400 - 700 AD)
46 - Gold coin of Abd al-Malik
47 - Sutton Hoo helmet
48 - Moche warrior pot
49 - Korean roof tile
Inside the Palace: Secrets at Court (700 - 950 AD)
51 - Maya relief of royal blood-letting
52 - Harem wall painting fragments
53 - Lothair Crystal
54 - Statue of Tara
55 - Chinese Tang tomb figures
Pilgrims, Raiders and Traders (900 - 1300 AD)
56 - Vale of York Hoard
57 - Hedwig glass beaker
60 - Kilwa pot sherds
Status Symbols (1200 - 1400 AD)
61 - Lewis Chessmen
62 - Hebrew astrolabe
63 - Ife head
64 - The David Vases
65 - Taino ritual seat
Meeting the Gods
66 - Holy Thorn Reliquary
67 - Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
68 - Shiva and Parvati sculpture
69 - Sculpture of Huastec goddess
70 - Hoa Hakananai'a Easter Island statue
The Threshold of the Modern World (1375 - 1550 AD)
71 - Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent
72 - Ming banknote
73 - Inca gold llama
74 - Jade dragon cup
75 - Durer's 'Rhinoceros'
The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD)
77 - Benin plaque: the oba with Europeans
79 - Kakiemon elephants
80 - Pieces of eight - Silver coins from Bolivia
Tolerance and Intolerance (1550 - 1700 AD)
81 - Shi'a religious parade standa
82 - Miniature of a Mughal prince
84 - Mexican codex map
85 - Reformation centenary broadsheet
Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (1680 - 1820 AD)
86 - Akan drum
88 - North American buckskin map
90 - Jade bi
Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)
- 91 Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle
93 - Hokusai's 'The Great Wave'
94 - Sudanese slit drum
95 - Suffragette defaced penny
The World of Our Making (1914 - 2010 AD)
96 - Russian revolutionary plateФАРФОР из Санкт-Петербурга, России
97 - Hockney's 'In the dull village'
98 - Throne of Weapons
99 - Credit card (issued 2009), from United Arab Emirates
100 - Solar-powered lamp and charger, made in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 2010