A History of the World in 100 Objects: The Rise of World Faiths (AD 100-600)

Neil Mac Gregor introduces five items illustrating how religions began to portray the divine. Featuring a seated Buddha from Gandhara, a gold coin from the time of Kumaragupta I, a silver plate showing Persian king Shapur II, an Arabian bronze hand and the Hinton St Mary Mosaic - thought to be one of the oldest surviving depictions of Christ