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A History of the World in 100 Objects

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Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects

Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.

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A History of the World in 100 Objects: Inside The Palace: Secrets At Court (700 - 950 AD): Maya relief of royal blood-letting

Maya Relief of Royal Blood-Letting

Maya relief of royal blood-letting

Inside The Palace: Secrets At Court (700 - 950 AD)

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Neil Macgregor with a disturbing, bloody image from the ancient Mayan civilisation

Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through objects. Today - power, pain and belief in the world of the ancient Maya

The history of the world as told through objects. This week Neil MacGregor, the Director of the British Museum, is exploring power and intrigue in the great royal courts of the world around 800 AD. Today's object offers a story of authority, pain and belief from the world of the ancient Maya. It is a limestone carving showing a king and his wife engaged in an agonising scene of ritual bloodletting. Neil describes a great city in the jungle of modern day Mexico and the culture that produced it. Virginia Fields, the expert on Maya iconography, and the psychotherapist Susie Orbach help explain an object that has the power to unsettle the modern viewer.

Producer: Anthony Denselow

A History of the World in 100 Objects: Inside The Palace: Secrets At Court (700 - 950 AD)

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Neil MacGregor gets an insight into the lives of the ruling elites 1200 years ago

From the inside of a harem to inside a Chinese grave, five objects shed light on the lives of the ruling elites 1200 years ago

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