A History of the World in 100 Objects - The Rise of World Faiths (200 - 600 AD)
Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores when and how many of the great religious images we are familiar with today came into existence
A History of the World in 100 Objects - The Rise of World Faiths (200 - 600 AD) - Arabian Bronze Hand
Neil MacGregor's history of the world told through objects continues with an Arabian bronze hand from the time before Islam.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - The Rise of World Faiths (200 - 600 AD) - Gold Coin of Kumaragupta I
Neil MacGregor examines the rise of religious imagery in India under the Guptas.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - The Rise of World Faiths (200 - 600 AD) - Hinton St Mary Mosaic
Neil MacGregor explores how many of the great religions began using images, such as an image of Christ made around the year 350 and found on the floor of a Roman villa in Dorset.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - The Rise of World Faiths (200 - 600 AD) - Seated Buddha from Gandhara
Neil MacGregor tells the story of one of the world's best known images, the Buddha.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - The Rise of World Faiths (200 - 600 AD) - Silver Plate Showing Shapur II
Neil MacGregor explores faith and the emergence of images to express the divine, examining an image of faith from 4th-century Iran.
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