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2. Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool

Gamble, C., Timewalkers: The Prehistory of Global Colonization (London, 1995)

Schick, Kathy, and Nick Toth, ‘African Origins’, in C. Scarre (ed.), The Human Past: World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies (London, 2009), pp. 46–83.

3. Olduvai Handaxe

Gamble, C., Timewalkers: The Prehistory of Global Colonization (London, 1995)

Stringer, Chris, Homo Britannicus: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain (London, 2006)

4. Swimming Reindeer

Bahn, Paul, and Jean Vertut, Journey Through the Ice Age (London, 1997)

Cook, Jill, The Swimming Reindeer (London, 2010)

5. Clovis Spear Point

Haynes, Gary, The Early Settlement of North America: The Clovis Era (Cambridge, 2002)

Meltzer, David, First Peoples in a New World. Colonizing Ice Age America (Berkeley, 2009)

6. Bird-shaped Pestle

Barker, Graeme, The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why Did Foragers Become Farmers? (Oxford, 2007)

Bellwood, Paul, The First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies (Oxford, 2005)

7. Ain Sakhri Lovers Figurine

Hodder, Ian, The Domestication of Europe (London, 1991)

Watkins, Trevor, ‘From Foragers to Complex Societies in Southwest Asia’, in C. Scarre (ed.), The Human Past: World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies (London, 2009), pp. 201–33.

8. Egyptian Clay Model of Cattle

Check, Erika, ‘Human Evolution: How Africa Learned to Love the Cow’, Nature, 444 (2006), 994–6

Wengrow, David, The Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformations in North-East Africa, 10,000–2,650 BC (Cambridge, 2006)

9. Maya Maize God Statue

Barker, Graeme, The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why Did Foragers Become Farmers? (Oxford, 2007)

Tetlock, Dennis, Popol Vuh (New York, 1996)

10. Jomon Pot

Habu, Junko, Ancient Jomon of Japan (Cambridge, 2004)

Kobayashi, Tatsuo, Jomon Reflections: Forager Life and Culture in the Prehistoric Japanese Archipelago (Oxford, 2004)

11. King Den’s Sandal Label

Kemp, Barry, Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization (London, 2005)

Wilkinson, T., Early Dynastic Egypt (London, 2001)

12. Standard of Ur

Crawford, Harriet, Sumer and Sumerians (Cambridge, 2004)

Zettler, Richard, and Lee Horne (eds.), Treasures from the Royal Tomb at Ur (Philadelphia, 1998)

13. Indus Seal

Possehl, Gregory, The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective (Walnut Creek, 2002)

Wright, Rita, The Ancient Indus: Urbanism Economy and Society (Cambridge, 2010)

14. Jade Axe

Edmonds, Mark, Stone Tools and Society: Working Stone in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain (London, 1995)

Sheridan, Alison, ‘Green Treasures from Magic Mountains’, British Archaeology, 96 (2007), 22–7

15. Early Writing Tablet

Schmandt-Besserat, Denise, When Writing Met Art: From Symbol to Story (Austin, 2007)

Robinson, Andrew, The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms (London, 2007)

16. Flood Tablet

George, Andrew, The Epic of Gilgamesh (London, 2003)

Mitchell, T. C., The Bible in the British Museum: Interpreting the Evidence (London, 2004)

17. Rhind Mathematical Papyrus

Imhausen, Annette, Mathematics in Ancient Egypt (Princeton, 2010)

Robins, Gay, and Charles Shute, The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (London, 1987)

18. Minoan Bull-leaper

Fitton, J. Lesley, Minoans (London, 2002)

Rice, Michael, The Power of the Bull (Oxford, 1998)

19. Mold Gold Cape

Bradley, Richard, The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland (Cambridge, 2007)

Needham, Stuart, ‘The Development of Embossed Goldwork in Bronze Age Europe’, Antiquaries Journal, 80 (2000), 27–65

20. Statue of Ramesses II

Tyldesley, Joyce, Ramesses: Egypt’s Greatest Pharaoh (London, 2000)

Van der Mieroop, Marc, The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II (London, 2009)

21. Lachish Reliefs

Collins, Paul, Assyrian Palace Sculptures (London, 2009)

Collins, Paul, From Egypt to Babylon: The International Age 1550–500 BC (London, 2008)

22. Sphinx of Taharqo

Bonnet, Charles, and Dominique Valbelle, The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile (Cairo, 2006)