Food and Farming
A History of the World in 100 objects - Food and farming
Hoxne pepper pot—Ancient Pleasures, Modern Spice (1 - 600 AD)
Neil MacGregor uses a silver pepper pot to tell of the Roman spice trade with India.
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Ain Sakri Lovers Figuerine—After the Ice Age: Food and Sex (9000 - 3500 BC)
Neil MacGregor's material history of human society - the story of two lovers
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Maya Maize God Statue—After the Ice Age: Food and Sex (9000 - 3500 BC)
Neil MacGregor discovers how the early Mayans of Central America created a god out of food
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Bird-shaped Pestle—After the Ice Age: Food and Sex (9000 - 3500 BC)
Neil MacGregor reveals how man-made objects reflect the story of human development
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Jomon Pot—After the Ice Age: Food and Sex (9000 - 3500 BC)
Neil MacGregor tells the story of a 7,000-year-old Japanese pot and a forgotten people
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Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel—Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC)
Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects arrives in China 3000 years ago
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Chinese Han lacquer cup—Empire Builders (300 BC - AD 10)
Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects arrives in Han Dynasty China
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Basse Yutz Flagons—The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC)
Neil MacGregor continues his material history of humanity, with the early Celts.
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Egyptian Clay Model of Cattle—After the Ice Age: Food and Sex (9000 - 3500 BC)
Neil MacGregor tells the colourful tale of four Egyptian clay cows older than the pyramids
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Warren Cup—Ancient Pleasures, Modern Spice (1 - 600 AD)
Neil MacGregor and a Roman silver cup with the power to shock.
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