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5 unusual facts about A History of the World in 100 Objects


Double-headed serpent

This sculpture featured in A History of the World in 100 Objects, a series of radio programmes that started in 2010 as a collaboration between the BBC and the British Museum.

El-Amra clay model of cattle

In 2010 the model was included as the eighth object in the series A History of the World in 100 Objects by British Museum director Neil MacGregor, broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

Mikhail Adamovich

One of Adamovich's 1921 designs, Kapital was selected by British Museum director Neil MacGregor as object 96 in the A History of the World in 100 Objects, a series of radio programmes that started in 2010 as a collaboration between the BBC and the British Museum.

Randolph Osborne Douglas

The Randolph collection of locks and keys have been selected by Buxton Museum as their contribution to the BBC's A History of the World in 100 Objects.

Sakaida Kakiemon XIV

In 2010, Kakiemon was interviewed as an expert for A History of the World in 100 Objects, a joint project of BBC Radio 4 and the British Museum.


Lothair Crystal

The Lothair Crystal was Object 53 in the 2010 BBC Radio 4 programme A History of the World in 100 Objects, chosen and presented by the Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor.

Turner Museum of Glass

This has been selected as one of the items in the BBC's A History of the World in 100 Objects.


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