A History of the World in 100 Objects: Jade Axe

The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells the history of human development from the first stone axe to the credit card, using 100 selected objects from the Museum. Neil tells the story of a beautiful piece of jade, shaped into an axe head. It is about 6,000 years old and was discovered near Canterbury but was made in the high Alps. Neil tells the story of how this object may have been used and traded and how its source was cunningly traced to the heart of Europe