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Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014.

Reference

  • Object[701]
  • no[10]
  • yes[691]
  • no[555]
  • yes[146]
  • african[10]
  • american[136]
  • asian[29]
  • egyptian[50]
  • european[1]
  • mediterranean[41]
  • near eastern[433]
  • oceanian[1]
  • 3D Model[1]
  • adze[1]
  • alabastron[1]
  • amphora[1]
  • amulet[6]
  • antefix[3]
  • arrowhead[3]
  • aryballos[1]
  • balsamarium[2]
  • bead[53]
  • beaker[1]
  • belt[2]
  • blade[2]
  • bottle[2]
  • boundary stone[1]
  • bowl[4]
  • bull head[1]
  • cannibal fork[1]
  • cape (clothing)[2]
  • carving[3]
  • ceremonial mask[1]
  • chain[1]
  • charm[1]
  • choker[2]
  • cinerary chest[1]
  • cinerary chest lid[1]
  • clovis projectile point[1]
  • coffin lid[1]
  • coin[6]
  • collar[1]
  • comb (hair - grooming tool)[1]
  • cuff[1]
  • cuirass[1]
  • cup[4]
  • cup cover[1]
  • cylinder seal[2]
  • dagger[1]
  • dance mask[1]
  • death mask[1]
  • dinar[1]
  • dirham[1]
  • door handle[1]
  • ear ornament[2]
  • ear plug[2]
  • earring[9]
  • effigy bottle[1]
  • effigy bowl[1]
  • effigy figure[1]
  • effigy urn[2]
  • effigy vase[2]
  • effigy vessel[3]
  • figure[1]
  • figurine[9]
  • finger ring[2]
  • frontlet[1]
  • funerary stela[1]
  • garment pin[2]
  • gem[1]
  • hair comb[2]
  • hairring[4]
  • helmet[4]
  • herm[1]
  • image[1]
  • incensario[1]
  • incensario lid[1]
  • incense burner[1]
  • incense burner lid[1]
  • jar[4]
  • jar lid[1]
  • jug[1]
  • kero[1]
  • kite[1]
  • knocker[1]
  • kohl stick[1]
  • kyathos[1]
  • kylix[1]
  • lamp[2]
  • legging[2]
  • loculus[1]
  • lyre fragment[2]
  • manuscript[374]
  • mask[2]
  • mirror[1]
  • moccasin[2]
  • model[33]
  • mortar[1]
  • mortuary figurine[7]
  • mortuary statue[1]
  • mummy mask[2]
  • necklace[2]
  • pendant[14]
  • plaque[3]
  • relief[4]
  • sculpture[3]
  • stamp[3]
  • statue[13]
  • string of beads[5]
  • tile[3]
  • tripod bowl[2]
  • vase[5]
  • wreath[4]
  • abydos[1]
  • aleppo[1]
  • ascoli piceno[1]
  • asuncion mita[1]
  • atzcapotzalco[2]
  • bamboula[1]
  • barberena[1]
  • beijing[1]
  • beit jibrin[2]
  • benghazi[1]
  • benin[1]
  • benin kingdom[8]
  • bernieres d'ailly[1]
  • beth shean[4]
  • blackwater draw[1]
  • bolivia[3]
  • caere[3]
  • cahabon district[2]
  • cairo[1]
  • calvados[1]
  • campania[1]
  • canada[2]
  • capilco[1]
  • carthage[1]
  • central america[2]
  • central veracruz[1]
  • chalchuapa[1]
  • chama (guatemala)[1]
  • chihuatal[1]
  • chimuxan[2]
  • china[22]
  • cliff house[1]
  • clovis[1]
  • colima[2]
  • colorado[1]
  • congo[1]
  • costa rica[28]
  • crete[4]
  • cuilapam[1]
  • cuzco[1]
  • cyprus[1]
  • dahomey[1]
  • deir el-medina[1]
  • department of alta verapaz[2]
  • department of jutiapa[1]
  • department of santa rosa[1]
  • east greece[1]
  • egypt[52]
  • etruria[13]
  • fayum[1]
  • fiji islands[1]
  • france[1]
  • gournia[2]
  • gravefield i, oldest part[1]
  • gravel pit[1]
  • greece[7]
  • guatemala[7]
  • gulf coast[1]
  • hiw[2]
  • honduras[1]
  • huaura[1]
  • huaymil island[1]
  • illinois[2]
  • iran[374]
  • iraq[50]
  • israel[6]
  • italy[21]
  • jalisco[2]
  • japan[2]
  • korea[5]
  • maritime province[2]
  • mediterranean[6]
  • mexico (central america)[68]
  • mit-rahineh[4]
  • narce[3]
  • nazca district[3]
  • nigeria[8]
  • nippur[2]
  • north dakota[2]
  • oaxaca (mexican state)[3]
  • orvieto[2]
  • pachacamac[3]
  • palestine[2]
  • peru[19]
  • quebec[2]
  • saite[2]
  • sedment[32]
  • shiraz[373]
  • sun temple[2]
  • syria[2]
  • thebes (egypt)[2]
  • tiahuanaco[2]
  • turkey (country)[2]
  • united states of america[5]
  • ur[47]
  • veracruz (mexico)[2]
  • volterra[2]
  • vulci[2]
  • wendake[2]
  • xi'an[3]
  • abydos[1]
  • kourion[1]
  • 16th century[374]
  • abbasid dynasty[1]
  • akkadian[1]
  • archaic greek period[1]
  • byzantine[2]
  • colonial period[1]
  • early arabic[1]
  • early corinthian[1]
  • early dynastic[1]
  • early dynastic iii[23]
  • early dynastic iiib[1]
  • early minoan iib[1]
  • early nasca[1]
  • eastern han dynasty[1]
  • eighteenth dynasty[3]
  • fatimid dynasty[1]
  • first intermediate period[33]
  • flavian period[1]
  • guangxu[1]
  • hellenistic period[4]
  • imperial roman[1]
  • imperial roman period[1]
  • incised[1]
  • joseon dynasty[5]
  • kofun[2]
  • late bronze age[1]
  • late classic[2]
  • late geometric ia[2]
  • late helladic iiia[1]
  • late helladic iiib[1]
  • late helladic iiic[1]
  • late helladic period[1]
  • late minoan i[1]
  • late minoan ib[1]
  • late minoan period[1]
  • late period[4]
  • liao dynasty[1]
  • maurice tiberius[1]
  • middle kingdom[2]
  • middle minoan ii[1]
  • middle minoan iii[2]
  • middle nasca[1]
  • ming dynasty[2]
  • modern[1]
  • nebuchadnezzar i[1]
  • new kingdom[6]
  • nineteenth dynasty[4]
  • paleoindian[1]
  • post-classic maya[2]
  • proto-nasca[1]
  • ptolemaic period[3]
  • qianlong[1]
  • qing dynasty[5]
  • roman period[5]
  • safavid[1]
  • severan period[1]
  • shang dynasty[3]
  • tang dynasty[7]
  • teotihuacan v[2]
  • third intermediate period[1]
  • thirty-third dynasty[1]
  • twelfth dynasty[2]
  • twenty-second dynasty[1]
  • twenty-sixth dynasty[4]
  • ur ii[1]
  • warring states[1]
  • western han dynasty[1]
  • zhou dynasty[2]
  • anasazi[2]
  • attic[2]
  • aztec[6]
  • bini[1]
  • byzantine[1]
  • chavin[1]
  • chimu[3]
  • chinese[19]
  • chorotegan[27]
  • classic veracruz[1]
  • clovis[1]
  • coastal huari[1]
  • colima (culture)[1]
  • cree[2]
  • early chimu[1]
  • early classic maya[2]
  • early classical[1]
  • edo (africa)[7]
  • etruscan[18]
  • faliscan[3]
  • fatimid[1]
  • greater nicoya[1]
  • greek[3]
  • hallstatt culture[1]
  • hellenistic[2]
  • highland maya[1]
  • huron[2]
  • huron-wendat[2]
  • imperial roman[1]
  • inca[4]
  • italic[1]
  • japanese[2]
  • kaskaskia[2]
  • kongo[1]
  • korean[5]
  • las remojadas[1]
  • late classic maya[1]
  • lowland maya[4]
  • mandan[2]
  • maya (central american culture)[1]
  • minoan[4]
  • moche[3]
  • moche iv[1]
  • mycenean[3]
  • nasca[2]
  • olmec[2]
  • paracas[1]
  • parthian[1]
  • persian[373]
  • ptolemaic[3]
  • rhodian[1]
  • roman[9]
  • safavid[1]
  • tarascan[1]
  • teotihuacan (culture)[2]
  • tepecano[2]
  • teton[1]
  • tiahuanaco[2]
  • toltec[1]
  • ulua valley (culture)[1]
  • western european[1]
  • yoruba[1]
  • zapotec[3]
  • andean[21]
  • central american[105]
  • edo (africa)[2]
  • great plains culture area[3]
  • northeast culture area[4]
  • southwest culture area[3]
  • 200.20[3]
  • bath building, area xv, locus f.[1]
  • c.n. 270, monastery, room h[2]
  • cemetery[1]
  • d.f.[1]
  • el rubiyat[1]
  • foot of the monts d'eraines near chateau d'ailly[1]
  • found near na11198[1]
  • from grave[1]
  • lower cave[2]
  • maya coast of the gulf of mexico;[1]
  • mound 1[1]
  • pg 1054[1]
  • pg 1237[1]
  • pg 1237/16[5]
  • pg 1237/22[1]
  • pg 1237/64[1]
  • pg 1237/67[2]
  • pg 1237/70[1]
  • pg 1284[1]
  • rp 7es[1]
  • sacred enclosure of the temple of the god ptah[1]
  • said to be huaymil island[1]
  • temple[3]
  • tomb[1]
  • tomb 2[1]
  • tomb 2111, tomb of khentkhety[32]
  • tomb 21:2[1]
  • tomb 314[1]
  • tomb 43[2]
  • tomb 5[1]
  • tomb b[1]
  • tomb w 22[1]
  • wall pocket[1]
  • akapana pyramid?[1]
  • animal face[1]
  • annona?[1]
  • aphrodite anadyomene[1]
  • arabic inscription[1]
  • atum[1]
  • bean pod[1]
  • bird[1]
  • bird head[1]
  • boat[33]
  • book of the dead[1]
  • bull head[2]
  • bull leg[1]
  • camel[1]
  • canine[1]
  • cart[1]
  • cat[1]
  • centaur[1]
  • centipede god?[1]
  • ceremonial sword[1]
  • chicha[1]
  • combat[1]
  • conch shell[1]
  • corn[1]
  • corn beer[1]
  • couple[1]
  • coyote head[1]
  • cybele[1]
  • dancer[3]
  • death[1]
  • deer?[1]
  • dionysos[1]
  • dog[1]
  • dragon[1]
  • eagle[3]
  • elephants[1]
  • enkidu[1]
  • equestrian[1]
  • etruscan inscription[1]
  • face[2]
  • falcon head[1]
  • feline[1]
  • female head[2]
  • fish[2]
  • flower[2]
  • fly[1]
  • foliage[1]
  • frog[2]
  • fu dog[1]
  • fu lion[1]
  • general qiu xinggong[1]
  • geometric[1]
  • gilgamesh[1]
  • goat[2]
  • goat?[1]
  • goddess[1]
  • gorgoneion[1]
  • grain[1]
  • hacha[1]
  • harp[1]
  • hawks[1]
  • head[1]
  • helmet[1]
  • herm[1]
  • hoplite[1]
  • horse[7]
  • horseman[1]
  • horus[1]
  • human[3]
  • human face[1]
  • human female[1]
  • human figures[1]
  • human head[2]
  • inheret[1]
  • inscription[1]
  • instrument[1]
  • isis[1]
  • jaguar[1]
  • latin inscription[1]
  • leopard[2]
  • lion[3]
  • llama[1]
  • male figures[1]
  • male head[1]
  • man[8]
  • mask[3]
  • maurice tiberius[1]
  • men[32]
  • musician[3]
  • nizami khamsah[373]
  • oars[32]
  • octopus[2]
  • owl[2]
  • pyramid[2]
  • rider[2]
  • royal portrait[2]
  • seated man[2]
  • sphinx[2]
  • standing female figure[2]
  • woman[7]
  • chinese language[2]
  • hieroglyphic[6]
  • korean language[1]
  • latin language[1]
  • agate[20]
  • alabaster[2]
  • bead[3]
  • bitumen[3]
  • brass[4]
  • bronze[20]
  • buckskin[1]
  • carnelian[10]
  • cartonnage[2]
  • catlinite[1]
  • ceramic[54]
  • chlorite[1]
  • cinnabar[1]
  • clay[8]
  • cloisonne[1]
  • copper[5]
  • copper alloy[13]
  • cotton[1]
  • deer skin[2]
  • deerskin[2]
  • diorite[1]
  • edwards chert[1]
  • electrotype[1]
  • electrum[2]
  • elephant tusk[1]
  • enamel[1]
  • fabric[2]
  • faience[1]
  • feather[1]
  • fiber[2]
  • fur[1]
  • gesso[38]
  • glass[3]
  • glaze[4]
  • glazed[1]
  • gold[49]
  • gold thread[1]
  • granite[1]
  • greenstone[23]
  • hair[1]
  • horsehair[2]
  • human hair[2]
  • ink[374]
  • ivory[5]
  • jade[65]
  • jadeite[7]
  • lacquer[1]
  • lapis lazuli[22]
  • leather[373]
  • limestone[6]
  • linen[1]
  • llama bone[1]
  • malachite[1]
  • marble (stone)[5]
  • metal[5]
  • metal alloy[2]
  • monkey bone[2]
  • moose hair[2]
  • moose hide[2]
  • obsidian[2]
  • paint[6]
  • paper[375]
  • papyrus[1]
  • parian marble[1]
  • pentelic marble[1]
  • pewter[1]
  • pigment[46]
  • porcelain[1]
  • porcupine hair[2]
  • porcupine quill[4]
  • rhinoceros horn[1]
  • sard[1]
  • shell[5]
  • silk[2]
  • silk ribbon[2]
  • silver[12]
  • sinew[4]
  • soapstone[1]
  • steatite[1]
  • stone[9]
  • stroud[1]
  • terracotta[8]
  • turquoise[2]
  • volcanic rock[1]
  • wax[3]
  • wood[43]
  • bas relief[1]
  • black figure[1]
  • blown[1]
  • blue and white ware[1]
  • bucchero[1]
  • carved[12]
  • cast[6]
  • celadon[1]
  • chipped[1]
  • cloisonne[2]
  • core-form[1]
  • embroidered[2]
  • engraved[2]
  • etched[1]
  • fired[10]
  • flagstaff black-on-white[1]
  • geometric[2]
  • gilded[1]
  • glazed[10]
  • gray ware[1]
  • hammered[1]
  • high relief[1]
  • hollow cast[1]
  • incised[5]
  • inlaid[4]
  • inscribed[1]
  • intaglio[2]
  • lost wax casting[5]
  • mesa verde black-on-white[1]
  • mold made[1]
  • mosaic[2]
  • mycenean ware[1]
  • painted[38]
  • polychrome[3]
  • porcelain[1]
  • red ware[1]
  • relief[1]
  • sue ware[1]
  • superposed color[1]
  • tessera[1]
  • three color glaze[1]
  • vasiliki ware[1]
  • maurice tiberius[1]
  • scale painter[1]
  • yes[701]

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NA11207A

NA11207A

Blade

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30-12-716A

30-12-716A

Earring

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MS5100

MS5100

Amphora

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29-96-158

29-96-158

Peking Opera Robe

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MS1813

MS1813

On Display

Antefix

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39-20-68

39-20-68

Trumpet

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MS4177

MS4177

Lamp

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30-12-660

30-12-660

Choker

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29-128-928

29-128-928

Gem

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C201

C201

Mortuary Figurine

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83-7-1.89

83-7-1.89

String of Beads

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NA11651A

NA11651A

Blade

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30-12-738

30-12-738

Choker

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NEP59

NEP59

Tile

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29-22-2

29-22-2

Helmet

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30-12-333

30-12-333

Arrowhead

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37-12-43B

37-12-43B

Cup Cover

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37-12-43A

37-12-43A

Cup

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SA4643

SA4643

Effigy Vase

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B17403

B17403

Adze

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B17078

B17078

Spearhead

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30-12-716B

30-12-716B

Earring

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B17636

B17636

String of Beads

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B17107

B17107

Vase

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MS1285

MS1285

Kyathos

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13137

13137

Bowl

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31-17-236

31-17-236

Arrowhead

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MS1801

MS1801

On Display

Antefix

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87-42-992

87-42-992

On Display

Model

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46-29-3

46-29-3

Coin

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97-83-1432B

97-83-1432B

Pipe Stem

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97-83-1432A

97-83-1432A

Pipe Bowl

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