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The 100 British Museum objects

Voici tous les objets qui ont été présentés par la BBC Radio 4 series “A History of the World in 100 Objects”. Il y en a vraiment de toutes les civilisations.

Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC)    
 

 1: Mummy of Hornedjitef

2: Olduvai stone chopping tool

 3: Olduvai handaxe

 4: Swimming reindeer

 5: Clovis spear point

After the Ice Age: Food and Sex (9000 - 3500 BC)

 6: Bird-shaped pestle

 7: Ain Sakhri lovers figurine

 8: Egyptian clay model of cattle

 9: Maya maize god statue

 10: Jomon pot

The First Cities and States (4000 - 2000 BC)

 11: King Den's sandal label

 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

 20: Statue of Ramesses II

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

 34: Chinese Han lacquer cup

 35: Head of Augustus

Ancient Pleasures, Modern Spice (1 AD - 600 AD)

 36: Warren Cup

 37: North American otter pipe

 38: Ceremonial ballgame belt

 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

 44: Hinton St Mary Mosaic

 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

 50: Silk princess painting

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

 58: Japanese bronze mirror

 59: Borobudur Buddha head

 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 (1200 - 1400 AD)

 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: Dürer's 'Rhinoceros'

The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD)

 76: The mechanical galleon

77: Benin plaque: the oba with Europeans

78: Double-headed serpent

79: Kakiemon elephants

80: Pieces of eight

Tolerance and Intolerance (1550 - 1700 AD)

81: Shi'a religious parade standard

82: Miniature of a Mughal prince

83: Shadow puppet of Bima

84: Mexican codex map

 85: Reformation centenary broadsheet

Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (1680 - 1820 AD)

 86: Akan drum

87: Hawaiian feather helmet

 88: North American buckskin map

89: Australian bark shield

90: Jade bi

Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)

 91: Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle

 92: Early Victorian tea set

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 plate

 
7: Hockney's 'In the dull village'

 
98: Throne of Weapons

99: Credit card

100: Object 100