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23. Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel

Von Falkenhausen, Lothar, Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000–250 BC) (Los Angeles, 2006)

Hsu, Cho-yun, and Katheryn Linduff, Western Chou Civilization (New Haven, 1988)

24. Paracas Textile

Moseley, M. E., The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru (London, 2001)

Paul, Anne, Paracas Ritual Attire: Symbols of Authority in Ancient Peru (Norman, Oklahoma, 1990)

25. Gold Coin of Croesus

Seaford, Richard, Money and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Tragedy, and Philosophy (Cambridge, 2004)

Schaps, David, The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece (Michigan, 2004)

26. Oxus Chariot Model

Briant, Pierre, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire (Winona Lake, 2002)

Curtis, John, Ancient Persia (London, 2000)

27. Parthenon Sculpture: Centaur and Lapith

Beard, Mary, The Parthenon (London, 2004)

Jenkins, Ian, The Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum (London, 2007)

28. Basse-Yutz Flagons

James, Simon, The World of the Celts (London, 2005)

Megaw, Ruth and Vincent, Celtic Art from Its Beginnings to the Book of Kells (London, 2001)

29. Olmec Stone Mask

Diehl, Richard, The Olmecs: America’s First Civilization (London, 2004)

Pool, Christopher, Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica (Cambridge, 2007)

30. Chinese Bronze Bell

von Falkenhausen, Lothar, Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000–250 BC) (Los Angeles, 2006)

So, Jenny F., Music in the Age of Confucius (Washington, 2000)

31. Coin with Head of Alexander

Bosworth, A. B., The Legacy of Alexander: Politics, Warfare, and Propaganda Under the Successors (Oxford, 2005)

Lane Fox, Robin, Alexander the Great (London, 2006)

32. Pillar of Ashoka

Wood, Michael, The Story of India (London, 2007)

Thapar, Romila, A’soka and the Decline of the Mauryas (Oxford, 1998)

33. Rosetta Stone

Parkinson, Richard, The Rosetta Stone (London 2005)

Thompson, Dorothy J., ‘Literacy and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt’, in Alan K. Bowman and Greg Woolf (eds.), Literacy and Power in the Ancient World (Cambridge, 1994) pp. 67–83

34. Chinese Han Lacquer Cup

Barbieri Low, Anthony, Artisans in Early Imperial China (Washington DC, 2007)

Lewis, Mark Edward, The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han (Harvard, 2007)

35. Head of Augustus

Eck, W., Age of Augustus (London, 2007)

Southern, Pat, Augustus (New York, 1998)

36. Warren Cup

Clarke, John R., Looking at Lovemaking: Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art 100 BC–AD 250 (Berkeley, 1998)

Williams, Dyfri, The Warren Cup (London, 2006)

37. North American Otter Pipe

Milner, G., The Moundbuilders: Ancient Peoples of Eastern North America (London, 2004)

Rafferty, Sean, and Rob Mann, Smoking and Culture: The Archaeology of Tobacco Pipes in Eastern North America (Knoxville, 2004)

38. Ceremonial Ballgame Belt

Evans, Susan Toby, Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and Culture (London, 2004)

Whittington, E. Michael, The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame (London, 2001)

39. Admonitions Scroll

Lewis, M. A., China Between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties (Boston, 2009)

McCausland, Shane, First Masterpiece of Chinese Painting: The Admonitions Scroll (London, 2003)

40. Hoxne Pepper Pot

Johns, Catherine, The Hoxne Late Roman Treasure: Gold Jewellery and Silver Plate (London, 2010)

Tomber, Roberta, Indo-Roman Trade: from Pots to Pepper (London, 2008)

41. Seated Buddha from Gandhara

Berendt, Karl A., The Art of Gandhara in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 2007)

Zwalf, Vladimir, Buddhism: Art and Faith (London, 1985)

42. Gold Coins of Kumaragupta I

Thapar, Romila, The Penguin History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300 (London, 2002)

Willis, Michael, The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual (Cambridge, 2009)

43. Silver Plate Showing Shapur II

Daryaee, Touyaj, Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (London, 2009)

Harper, Prudence O., In search of a Cultural Identity: Monuments and Artefacts of the Sasanian