A History of the World in 100 Objects - Dr Neil MacGregor [255]
4 Swimming reindeer found: Montastruc, France
5 Clovis spear point found: Arizona, USA
6 Bird-shaped pestle found: Oro Province, Papua New Guinea (Aikora River)
7 Ain Sakhri lovers figurine found: near Bethlehem (Wadi Khareitoun, Judea)
8 Egyptian clay model of cattle found: near Luxor, Egypt (Abydos)
9 Maya maize god statue found: Copán, Honduras
10 Jomon pot found: Japan
11 King Den’s sandal label found: near Luxor, Egypt (Abydos)
12 Standard of Ur found: Iraq (Royal Cemetery at Ur)
13 Indus seal found: Punjab, Pakistan (Harappa, Indus Valley)
14 Jade axe found: near Canterbury, England
15 Early writing tablet found: Iraq
16 Flood Tablet found: near Mosul, Iraq (Nineveh)
17 Rhind Mathematical Papyrus found: near Luxor, Egypt (Thebes)
18 Minoan Bull-leaper found: Crete, Greece
19 Mold gold cape found: Mold, Wales
20 Statue of Ramesses II found: near Luxor, Egypt (Thebes)
21 Lachish reliefs found: Mosul, Iraq (Palace of King Sennacherib, Nineveh)
22 Sphinx of Taharqo found: Sudan (Kawa)
23 Chinese Zhou ritual vessel found: western China
24 Paracas textile found: Paracas peninsula, Peru
25 Gold coin of Croesus minted: Turkey
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26 Oxus chariot model found: Tajikistan/Afghanistan border (Oxus River)
27 Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith made: Athens, Greece
28 Basse-Yutz flagons found: Moselle, north-eastern France
29 Olmec stone mask found: south-east Mexico
30 Chinese bronze bell found: Shanxi province, China
31 Coin with head of Alexander minted: Lâpseki, Turkey (Lampsakos)
32 Pillar of Ashoka found: Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
33 Rosetta Stone found: el-Rashid, Egypt (Rosetta (English name))
34 Chinese Han lacquer cup found: near Pyongyang, North Korea
35 Head of Augustus found: near Shendi, Sudan (Meroë)
36 Warren Cup found: Bittir, near Jerusalem
37 North American otter pipe found: Ohio, USA (Mound City)
38 Ceremonial ballgame belt found: Mexico
39 Admonitions Scroll made: China
40 Hoxne pepper pot found: Hoxne, Suffolk, England
41 Seated Buddha from Gandhara found: Pakistan (Gandhara)
42 Gold coins of Kumaragupta I minted: India
43 Silver plate showing Shapur II made: Iran
44 Hinton St Mary Mosaic found: Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England
45 Arabian bronze hand found: Yemen
46 Gold coins of Abd al-Malik minted: Damascus, Syria
47 Sutton Hoo helmet found: Suffolk, England (Sutton Hoo)
48 Moche warrior pot found: Peru
49 Korean roof tile found: South Korea
50 Silk Princess painting found: Xinjiang province, China
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51 Maya relief of royal blood-letting found: Chiapas, Mexico (Yaxchilan)
52 Harem wall-painting fragments found: Samarra, Iraq
53 Lothair Crystal made: probably Germany
54 Statue of Tara found: Sri Lanka
55 Chinese Tang tomb figures found: Henan province, China
56 Vale of York hoard found: near Harrogate, England
57 Hedwig glass beaker made: probably Syria
58 Japanese bronze mirror found: Japan
59 Borobudur Buddha head found: Java, Indonesia (Borobudur)
60 Kilwa pot sherds found: Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania
61 Lewis Chessmen found: Isle of Lewis, Scotland
62 Hebrew astrolabe made: probably Spain
63 Ife head made: Ife, Nigeria
64 The David Vases made: Yushan County, China
65 Taino ritual seat found: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
66 Holy Thorn Reliquary made: Paris, France
67 Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy made: Istanbul, Turkey (Constantinople)
68 Shiva and Parvati sculpture found: Orissa, India
69 Sculpture of Huastec goddess found: Mexico
70 Hoa Hakananai’a Easter Island statue found: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile
71 Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent made: Istanbul, Turkey (Constantinople)
72 Ming banknote made: China
73 Inca gold llama found: probably Peru
74 Jade dragon cup made: central Asia
75 Dürer’s Rhinoceros made: Nuremberg, Germany
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76 Mechanical galleon made: Augsburg, Germany
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