A History of the World in 100 Objects is a History Documentary programme. Next Show TimesSeasons in Detail
A History of the World in 100 Objects: The Beginnings of Science and LiteratureSeries 1, episode 4Omnibus episode in which Neil MacGregor, former director of the British Museum, retells the history of human development using 100 selected objects from its vaults. He begins with a small tablet found in modern Iraq and brought back to the British Museum. When it was translated, back in 1872, it turned out to be an account of a great flood that significantly pre-dated the famous Biblical tale of Noah Cast (unconfirmed)
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