A History of the World in 100 Objects - The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC)
2,500 years ago thinkers such as Confucius and Plato were exploring how people should live, but can objects like the Parthenon sculptures or a golden chariot tell us more?
A History of the World in 100 Objects - The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC) - Basse Yutz Flagons
Neil MacGregor explores what was happening in Northern Europe 2,500 years ago: some drinking, it seems.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC) - Chinese Bronze Bell
Neil MacGregor's history of the world through objects at the British Museum summons up the sound of China 2,500 years ago, with a bronze bell from the age of Confucius.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC) - Olmec Stone Mask
Neil MacGregor's story arrives in Mexico before the time of the Maya or Aztecs. He tells of a forgotten people, the Olmec, and the extraordinary masks they made.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC) - Oxus Chariot Model
Neil MacGregor continues his history of the world as told through individual objects at the British Museum, with the tale of a great Persian king and a tiny chariot 2,500 years old.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC) - Parthenon Sculpture: Centaur and Lapith
Neil MacGregor's history of humanity through objects at the British Museum arrives at the Parthenon and the story of the great sculptures that were so controversially removed.
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