A History of the World in 100 Objects is a History Documentary programme.

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A History of the World in 100 Objects: Paracas Fragment

Series 1, episode 24

Remarkably preserved textiles discovered in the Paracas peninsula on the southern coast of Peru reveal what life might have been like for the early Peruvians who produced them around 500BC. Neil MacGregor tries to determine what the items were used for and what they reveal about beliefs of the time