Maps

1 Mummy of Hornedjitef

found: near Luxor, Egypt (Thebes)

2 Olduvai stone chopping tool

found: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

3 Olduvai handaxe

found: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

4 Swimming reindeer

found: Montastruc, France

5 Clovis spear point

found: Arizona, USA

6 Bird-shaped pestle

found: Oro Province, Papua New Guinea (Aikora River)

7 Ain Sakhri lovers figurine

found: near Bethlehem (Wadi Khareitoun, Judea)

8 Egyptian clay model of cattle

found: near Luxor, Egypt (Abydos)

9 Maya maize god statue

found: Copán, Honduras

10 Jomon pot

found: Japan

11 King Den’s sandal label

found: near Luxor, Egypt (Abydos)

12 Standard of Ur

found: Iraq (Royal Cemetery at Ur)

13 Indus seal

found: Punjab, Pakistan (Harappa, Indus Valley)

14 Jade axe

found: near Canterbury, England

15 Early writing tablet

found: Iraq

16 Flood Tablet

found: near Mosul, Iraq (Nineveh)

17 Rhind Mathematical Papyrus

found: near Luxor, Egypt (Thebes)

18 Minoan Bull-leaper

found: Crete, Greece

19 Mold gold cape

found: Mold, Wales

20 Statue of Ramesses II

found: near Luxor, Egypt (Thebes)

21 Lachish reliefs

found: Mosul, Iraq (Palace of King Sennacherib, Nineveh)

22 Sphinx of Taharqo

found: Sudan (Kawa)

23 Chinese Zhou ritual vessel

found: western China

24 Paracas textile

found: Paracas peninsula, Peru

25 Gold coin of Croesus

minted: Turkey

26 Oxus chariot model

found: Tajikistan/Afghanistan border (Oxus River)

27 Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith

made: Athens, Greece

28 Basse-Yutz flagons

found: Moselle, north-eastern France

29 Olmec stone mask

found: south-east Mexico

30 Chinese bronze bell

found: Shanxi province, China

31 Coin with head of Alexander

minted: Lâpseki, Turkey (Lampsakos)

32 Pillar of Ashoka

found: Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

33 Rosetta Stone

found: el-Rashid, Egypt (Rosetta (English name))

34 Chinese Han lacquer cup

found: near Pyongyang, North Korea

35 Head of Augustus

found: near Shendi, Sudan (Meroë)

36 Warren Cup

found: Bittir, near Jerusalem

37 North American otter pipe

found: Ohio, USA (Mound City)

38 Ceremonial ballgame belt

found: Mexico

39 Admonitions Scroll

made: China

40 Hoxne pepper pot

found: Hoxne, Suffolk, England

41 Seated Buddha from Gandhara

found: Pakistan (Gandhara)

42 Gold coins of Kumaragupta I

minted: India

43 Silver plate showing Shapur II

made: Iran

44 Hinton St Mary Mosaic

found: Hinton St Mary, Dorset, England

45 Arabian bronze hand

found: Yemen

46 Gold coins of Abd al-Malik

minted: Damascus, Syria

47 Sutton Hoo helmet

found: Suffolk, England (Sutton Hoo)

48 Moche warrior pot

found: Peru

49 Korean roof tile

found: South Korea

50 Silk Princess painting

found: Xinjiang province, China

51 Maya relief of royal blood-letting

found: Chiapas, Mexico (Yaxchilan)

52 Harem wall-painting fragments

found: Samarra, Iraq

53 Lothair Crystal

made: probably Germany

54 Statue of Tara

found: Sri Lanka

55 Chinese Tang tomb figures

found: Henan province, China

56 Vale of York hoard

found: near Harrogate, England

57 Hedwig glass beaker

made: probably Syria

58 Japanese bronze mirror

found: Japan

59 Borobudur Buddha head

found: Java, Indonesia (Borobudur)

60 Kilwa pot sherds

found: Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania

61 Lewis Chessmen

found: Isle of Lewis, Scotland

62 Hebrew astrolabe

made: probably Spain

63 Ife head

made: Ife, Nigeria

64 The David Vases

made: Yushan County, China

65 Taino ritual seat

found: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

66 Holy Thorn Reliquary

made: Paris, France

67 Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy

made: Istanbul, Turkey (Constantinople)

68 Shiva and Parvati sculpture

found: Orissa, India

69 Sculpture of Huastec goddess

found: Mexico

70 Hoa Hakananai’a Easter Island statue

found: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile

71 Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent

made: Istanbul, Turkey (Constantinople)

72 Ming banknote

made: China

73 Inca gold llama

found: probably Peru

74 Jade dragon cup

made: central Asia

75 Dürer’s Rhinoceros

made: Nuremberg, Germany

76 Mechanical galleon

made: Augsburg, Germany

77 Benin plaque: the Oba with Europeans

found: Benin, Nigeria

78 Double-headed serpent

made: Mexico

79 Kakiemon elephants

made: Japan

80 Pieces of eight

minted: Potosí, Bolivia

81 Shi’a religious parade standard

made: Iran

82 Miniature of a Mughal prince

made: India

83 Shadow puppet of Bima

found: Java, Indonesia

84 Mexican codex map

made: Tlaxcala, Mexico

85 Reformation centenary broadsheet

made: Leipzig, Germany

86 Akan drum

found: Virginia, USA

87 Hawaiian feather helmet

made: Hawaii, USA

88 North American buckskin map

made: midwestern USA

89 Australian bark shield

found: Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia

90 Jade bi

made: Beijing, China

91 Ship’s chronometer from HMS Beagle

made: London, England

92 Early Victorian tea set

made: Staffordshire, England

93 Hokusai’s The Great Wave

made: Japan

94 Sudanese slit drum

made: central Africa

95 Suffragette-defaced penny

made: England

96 Russian revolutionary plate

made: St Petersburg, Russia

97 Hockney’s In the Dull Village

made: England

98 Throne of Weapons

made: Maputo, Mozambique

99 Credit card

issued from: United Arab Emirates

100 Solar-powered lamp and charger

made: Shenzhen, Guandong, China

Object

Dimensions

Inventory No.

    1

    Mummy of Hornedjitef

H: 194.5 cm / W: 60 cm

.6678

    2

    Olduvai stone chopping tool

H: 9.3 cm / W: 8.1 cm / D: 7.2 cm

1934,1214.1

    3

    Olduvai handaxe

H: 23.8 cm / W: 10 cm / D: 5 cm

1934,1214.49

    4

    Swimming reindeer

H: 3 cm / W: 20.7 cm / D: 2.7 cm

Palart.550

    5

    Clovis spear point

H: 2.9 cm / W: 8.5 cm / D: 0.7 cm

1962,1206.137

    6

    Bird-shaped pestle

H:36.2 cm/ W:15 cm / D:15 cm

Oc1908,0423.1

    7

    Ain Sakhri lovers figurine

H: 10.8 cm / W: 6.2 cm / D: 3.8 cm

1958,1007.1

    8

    Egyptian clay model of cattle

H: 10 cm / W: 30 cm / D: 15.3 cm

1901,1012.6

    9

    Maya maize god statue

H: 90 cm / W: 54 cm /D: 36 cm

Am1923,Maud.8

  10

    Jomon pot

H: 15 cm / W: 17 cm

OA+.20

  11

    King Den’s sandal label

H: 4.5 cm / W: 5.4 cm

1922,0728.2

  12

    Standard of Ur

H: 21.5 cm / W: 12 cm / D: 49.5 cm

1928,1010.3

  13

    Indus seal

H: 2.4 cm / W: 2.5 cm / D: 1.4 cm

1892, 1210.1

  14

    Jade axe

H: 21.2 cm / W: 8.12 cm / D: 1.9 cm

1901, 0206.1

  15

    Early writing tablet

H: 9.4 cm / W: 6.8 cm / D: 2.3 cm

1989,0130.4

  16

    Flood Tablet

H: 15 cm / W: 13 cm / D: 3 cm

K.3375

  17

    Rhind Mathematical Papyrus

H: 32 cm / W: 295.5 cm

1865,0218.2 (large piece)

H: 32 cm / W: 119.5 cm

1865,0218.3 (small piece)

  18

    Minoan Bull-leaper

H: 11.1 cm / W: 4.7 cm / D: 15 cm

1966,0328.1

  19

    Mold gold cape

H: 23.5 cm / W: 46.5 cm / D: 28 cm

1836,0902.1

  20

    Statue of Ramesses II

H: 266.8 cm / W: 203.3 cm

.19

  21

    Lachish reliefs

H: 269.2 cm / W: 180.3 cm

1856,0909.14

  22

    Sphinx of Taharqo

H: 40.6 cm / W: 73 cm

1932,0611.1

  23

    Chinese Zhou ritual vessel

H: 23 cm / W: 42 cm / D: 26.8 cm

1977,0404.1

  24

    Paracas textile

H: 8 cm / W: 8 cm

Am1954,05.563

Am1954,05.565

Am1937,0213.4-5

  25

    Gold coin of Croesus

H: 1 cm / W: 2 cm

RPK,p146B.1sam

  26

    Oxus chariot model

H: 7.5 cm / D: 19.5 cm

1897,1231.7

  27

    Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith

H: 134.5 cm / W: 134.5 cm / D: 41.5 cm

1816,0610.12

  28

    Basse-Yutz Flagons

H: 39.6 cm / W: 19.5 cm

1929,0511.1-2

  29

    Olmec stone mask

H: 13 cm / W: 11.3 cm/ D: 5.7 cm

Am1938,1021.14

  30

    Chinese bronze bell

H: 55 cm / W: 39 cm / D: 31.5 cm

OA1965,0612.1

  31

    Coin with head of Alexander

W: 3 cm

1919,0820.1

  32

    Pillar of Ashoka

H: 12.2 / W: 32.6 cm / D: 7.6 cm

1880.21

  33

    Rosetta Stone

H: 112.3 cm / W: 75.7 cm / D: 28.4 cm

.24

  34

    Chinese Han lacquer cup

H: 6 cm / W: 17.6 cm / D: 12 cm

1955,1024.1

  35

    Head of Augustus

H: 46.2 cm / W: 26.5 cm / D: 29.4 cm

1911,0901.1

  36

    Warren Cup

H: 11 cm / D: 11 cm

1999,0426.1

  37

    North American otter pipe

H: 5.1 cm / W: 10 cm / D: 3.3 cm

Am,S.266

  38

    Ceremonial ballgame belt

H: 12 cm / W: 39.5cm/ D: 50 cm

Am,ST.398

  39

    Admonitions Scroll

H: 24.3 cm / W: 343.7 cm

1903,0408,0.1

  40

    Hoxne pepper pot

H: 10.3 cm / W: 5.7 cm / D: 4.2 cm

1994,0408.33

  41

    Seated Buddha from Gandhara

H: 95 cm / W: 53 cm / D: 24 cm

1895,1026.1

  42

    Gold coins of Kumaragupta I

W: 1.9 cm

1894, 0506.962

  43

    Silver plate showing Shapur II

H: 12.8 cm / W: 11.5 cm / D: 2.6 cm

1908,1118.1

  44

    Hinton St Mary Mosaic

H: 810 cm / W: 520 cm

1965,0409.1

  45

    Arabian bronze hand

H: 18.5 cm / W: 11 cm / D :2.6 cm

1983, 0626.2

  46

    Gold coins of Abd al-Malik

W: 1.9 cm

1874, 0706.1

  47

    Sutton Hoo helmet

H: 31.8 cm / W: 21.5 cm

1939,1010.93

  48

    Moche warrior pot

H: 22.5 cm / W: 13.6 cm / D: 13.2 cm

Am,P.1

  49

    Korean roof tile

H: 28 cm / W: 22.5 / D: 6 cm

1992,0615.24

  50

    Silk Princess painting

H: 12 cm / W: 46 cm / D: 2.2 cm

1907,1111.73

  51

    Maya relief of royal blood-letting

H: 109 cm / W: 78 cm / D: 6 cm

Am1923,Maud.4

  52

    Harem wall-painting fragments

H: 14.4 cm / W: 10.2 cm / D: 3 cm

OA+.10621

H: 11 cm / W: 10.5 cm / D: 2.7 cm

OA+.1062

  53

    Lothair Crystal

W: 18.6 cm / D: 1.3 cm

1855,1201.5

  54

    Statue of Tara

H: 143 cm / W: 44 cm / D:29.5 cm

1830,0612.4

  55

    Chinese Tang tomb figures

Tallest H: 107.7 cm / W: 49 cm / D 25 cm

1936,1012.220–229 and 1936,1012.231 –232

  56

    Vale of York hoard

cup H: 9.2 cm / W: 12 cm

2009,4133.77–693

2009,8023.1–76

  57

    Hedwig glass beaker

H: 14.3 cm / W: 13.9 cm

1959,0414.1

  58

    Japanese bronze mirror

W: 11 cm

1927,1014.2

  59

    Borobudur Buddha head

H: 33 cm / W: 26 cm / D: 29 cm

1859,1228.176

  60

    Kilwa pot sherds

Largest

H: 12.5 cm / W: 14 cm / D: 2.5 cm

OA+ .916

  61

    Lewis Chessmen

Tallest H: 10.3 cm

1831,1101.78-144

  62

    Hebrew astrolabe

H: 11 cm / W: 9 cm / D: 2.1 cm

1893,0616.3

  63

    Ife head

H: 35 cm / W:12.5 cm / D: 15 cm

Af1939,34.1

  64

    The David Vases

H: 63.6 cm

PDF,B.613 -4

  65

    Taino ritual seat

H. 22 cm / W. 14 cm / D: 44cm

1949,22.118

  66

    Holy Thorn Reliquary

H: 30 cm / W: 14.2 cm / D: 6.8 cm

WB.67

  67

    Icon of ‘The Triumph of Orthodoxy’

H: 37.8 cm / W: 31.4 cm / D: 5.3 cm

1988,0411.1

  68

    Shiva and Parvati sculpture

H: 184.2 cm / W: 119.4 cm / D: 32 cm

1872,0701.70

  69

    Sculpture of Huastec goddess

H: 150 cm / W: 57 cm / D: 14 cm

Am,+.7001

  70

    Hoa Hakananai’a Easter Island statue

H: 242 cm/ W: 100 cm / D: 55 cm

Oc1869,1005.1

  71

    Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent

H: 45.5 cm / W: 61.5 cm

1949,0409,0.86

  72

    Ming banknote

H: 34 cm / W: 22.2 cm

CIB,EA.260

  73

    Inca gold llama

H. 6.3 cm/ W. 1.5cm / D. 5.5 cm

Am1921,0721.1

  74

    Jade dragon cup

H: 6.4 cm / W: 19.4 cm

1959, 1120.1

  75

    Dürer’s Rhinoceros

H:24.8 cm / W:31.7 cm

1895,0122.714

  76

    Mechanical galleon

H: 104 cm / W:78.5 cm / D: 20.3 cm

1866,1030.1

  77

    Benin plaque: the Oba with Europeans

H: 43.5 cm / W: 41 cm / D: 10.7 cm

Af1898,0115.23

  78

    Double-headed serpent

H: 20.5 cm / W: 43.5 cm / D: 5 cm

Am1894,-.634

  79

    Kakiemon elephants

H: 35.5 cm / H: 44 cm / D: 14.5 cm

1980,0325.1-2

  80

    Pieces of eight

W: 4 cm

1920,0907.382

1950,0805.1

1956,0604.1

1990,0920.31,

1991,0102.61

1906,1103.1951

  81

    Shi’a religious parade standard

H: 127 cm / W: 26.7 cm / D: 4.5 cm

1888,0901.16-17

  82

    Miniature of a Mughal prince

H: 24.5 cm / W: 12.2 cm

1920,0917,0.4

  83

    Shadow puppet of Bima

H: 74.5 cm / W: 43 cm

As1859,1228.675

  84

    Mexican codex map

H: 50 cm / W: 77 cm

Am2006,Drg.22070

  85

    Reformation centenary broadsheet

H: 28.4 cm / W: 34.7 cm

1880,0710.299

  86

    Akan drum

H: 41 cm / D: 28 cm

Am,SLMisc.1368

  87

    Hawaiian feather helmet

H: 37 cm / W: 15 cm / D: 30 cm

Oc, HAW.108

  88

    North American buckskin map

H: 126 cm / W: 100 cm

Am2003,19.3

  89

    Australian bark shield

H: 97 cm / W: 29 cm

Oc1978,Q.839

  90

    Jade bi

W: 15 cm / D: 1 cm

1937,0416.140

  91

    Ship’s chronometer from HMS Beagle

H: 17.6 cm / W: 20.8 cm / D: 20.8 cm

1958, 1006.1957

  92

    Early Victorian tea set

Tallest H: 14.4 cm / W: 17.5 cm / 10.7 cm

1909,1201.108

  93

    Hokusai’s The Great Wave

H: 25.8 cm / W: 37.9 cm

2008,3008.1

  94

    Sudanese slit drum

H: 80 cm / W: 271 cm / D: 60 cm

Af1937,1108.1

  95

    Suffragette-defaced penny

W: 3.1 cm

1991,0733.1

  96

    Russian revolutionary plate

W: 24.8 cm / D: 2.87 cm

1990, 0506.1

  97

    Hockney’s In the Dull Village

H: 35 cm / W: 22.5 cm

1981,1212.8.8

  98

    Throne of Weapons

H: 101 cm / W: 61 cm

Af2002,01.1

  99

    Credit card

H: 4.5 cm / W: 8.5 cm

2009,4128.2

100

    Solar-powered lamp and charger

H: 17 cm / W: 12.5 cm / D: 13 cm