history from objects: the british musem, radio 4 and neil macgregor

BBC Radio 4 has just finished a fantastic series looking at German history through object both famous and not so well-known:
BBC Radio 4 - Germany: Memories of a Nation
Jay Doubleyou: telling stories about the germans on the bbc

A similar series was on the air a couple of years ago - and is still available to listen to:
BBC - A History of the World - Home
Jay Doubleyou: is the west better than the rest?

These programmes were put together by the director of the British Museum:
British Museum - A History of the World in 100 objects

What's great is that they offer not only a short but very full piece of listening:
... but the full audio transcript is available:



BBC - A History of the World - Object : Inca gold llama
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