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    A History of the World in 100 Objects was a joint project of BBC Radio 4 and the British Museum, consisting of a 100-part radio series written and presented...
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  • A History of Ireland in 100 Objects was a joint project by The Irish Times, the National Museum of Ireland, and the Royal Irish Academy to define one...
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    Double-headed serpent (category Artefacts from Africa, Oceania and the Americas in the British Museum)
    featured in A History of the World in 100 Objects, a series of radio programs that started in 2010 as a collaboration between the BBC and the British Museum...
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    from the British Museum was chosen to be one of the items featured in the radio series A History of the World in 100 Objects. The series started in 2010...
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    Bi (jade) (category Archaeological artifacts of China)
    ISBN 978-0-670-02270-0. A History of the World in 100 Objects (object 90). Design of the Medal for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Archived August 12, 2008, at the Wayback...
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    2011-12-16. British Museum page on the statue More detailed British Museum page BBC Radio 4's A History of the World in 100 Objects page on Taharqo's Sphinx This...
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    in Rome. The Meroë Head was the 35th object in A History of the World in 100 Objects, a BBC Radio 4 series first broadcast in 2010, which traces the story...
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    Minoan Bull-leaper (category Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the British Museum)
    over the bull's horns onto the back. The bull-leaper was object 18 in the BBC Radio 4 Series A History of the World in 100 Objects. Week 4 of the series...
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    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...
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    Neil MacGregor (category Directors of museums in the United Kingdom)
    A History of the World in 100 Objects and, in 2012, a series of fifteen-minute programmes after The World at One called Shakespeare's Restless World,...
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