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

Reference

  • Object[555]
  • no[10]
  • yes[545]
  • no[555]
  • african[6]
  • american[72]
  • asian[21]
  • egyptian[44]
  • european[1]
  • mediterranean[11]
  • near eastern[399]
  • oceanian[1]
  • adze[1]
  • amphora[1]
  • amulet[2]
  • arrowhead[3]
  • bead[15]
  • beaker[1]
  • belt[1]
  • blade[2]
  • bottle[2]
  • bowl[3]
  • cannibal fork[1]
  • cape (clothing)[1]
  • ceremonial mask[1]
  • charm[1]
  • choker[2]
  • coffin lid[1]
  • coin[5]
  • comb (hair - grooming tool)[1]
  • cuff[1]
  • cup[3]
  • cup cover[1]
  • cylinder seal[1]
  • dagger[1]
  • dance mask[1]
  • dirham[1]
  • door handle[1]
  • ear plug[2]
  • earring[2]
  • effigy bottle[1]
  • effigy bowl[1]
  • effigy figure[1]
  • effigy urn[1]
  • effigy vase[2]
  • effigy vessel[2]
  • figurine[7]
  • finger ring[2]
  • funerary stela[1]
  • garment pin[2]
  • gem[1]
  • hair comb[1]
  • helmet[2]
  • image[1]
  • jar[2]
  • jug[1]
  • kero[1]
  • kite[1]
  • knocker[1]
  • kyathos[1]
  • kylix[1]
  • lamp[1]
  • legging[2]
  • manuscript[372]
  • mask[1]
  • mirror[1]
  • moccasin[2]
  • model[32]
  • mortar[1]
  • mortuary figurine[6]
  • mug[1]
  • mummy mask[2]
  • mummy portrait[1]
  • neck amphora[1]
  • opium pipe[1]
  • peking opera robe[1]
  • pendant[13]
  • pipe[1]
  • pipe bowl[1]
  • pipe stem[1]
  • pitcher[1]
  • plate[1]
  • rank badge[1]
  • ring[1]
  • sculpture[1]
  • seal (object)[1]
  • shawabti[1]
  • snuff tablet[1]
  • snuff tube[1]
  • spade coin[1]
  • spearhead[1]
  • spouted jar[1]
  • statue[4]
  • stirrup spout vessel[1]
  • string of beads[2]
  • theatrical robe[1]
  • tile[1]
  • tripod bowl[1]
  • trumpet[1]
  • tumbler[1]
  • tusk[1]
  • vase[4]
  • vessel[1]
  • war bonnet[1]
  • whistle[1]
  • wine jar lid[1]
  • wreath[1]
  • abydos[1]
  • aleppo[1]
  • ascoli piceno[1]
  • asuncion mita[1]
  • benin[1]
  • benin kingdom[4]
  • bernieres d'ailly[1]
  • beth shean[1]
  • bolivia[3]
  • cahabon district[2]
  • calvados[1]
  • canada[2]
  • capilco[1]
  • chalchuapa[1]
  • chama (guatemala)[1]
  • chihuatal[1]
  • chimuxan[2]
  • china[14]
  • cliff house[1]
  • colima[1]
  • colorado[1]
  • congo[1]
  • costa rica[27]
  • crete[3]
  • cuilapam[1]
  • cuzco[1]
  • dahomey[1]
  • deir el-medina[1]
  • department of alta verapaz[2]
  • department of jutiapa[1]
  • egypt[45]
  • etruria[2]
  • fayum[1]
  • fiji islands[1]
  • france[1]
  • gournia[2]
  • gravefield i, oldest part[1]
  • greece[4]
  • guatemala[5]
  • hiw[2]
  • huaura[1]
  • illimo[1]
  • illinois[2]
  • iran[371]
  • iraq[25]
  • israel[1]
  • istanbul[1]
  • italy[4]
  • ixtlan[1]
  • japan[2]
  • korea[5]
  • lambayeque[1]
  • little colorado area[1]
  • maritime congo[1]
  • maritime province[2]
  • mediterranean[3]
  • messenia[1]
  • mexico (central america)[10]
  • mit-rahineh[1]
  • montezuma county[1]
  • navajo canyon[1]
  • nayarit[1]
  • nazca district[3]
  • near east[1]
  • nigeria[4]
  • normandy[1]
  • north dakota[2]
  • northeast arizona[1]
  • oaxaca (mexican state)[2]
  • orvieto[1]
  • pachacamac[3]
  • peru[19]
  • peru, north coast[1]
  • quebec[2]
  • quiripuju[1]
  • saite[2]
  • sedment[32]
  • shiraz[371]
  • south dakota[1]
  • sun temple[2]
  • syria[1]
  • thebes (egypt)[1]
  • thinis[1]
  • tiahuanaco[2]
  • turkey (country)[1]
  • umbria[1]
  • united states of america[5]
  • upper egypt[1]
  • ur[25]
  • vasiliki[1]
  • vulci[1]
  • wendake[2]
  • zaachila[1]
  • abydos[1]
  • 16th century[371]
  • abbasid dynasty[1]
  • akkadian[1]
  • byzantine[1]
  • colonial period[1]
  • early arabic[1]
  • early dynastic iii[7]
  • early minoan iib[1]
  • early nasca[1]
  • eastern han dynasty[1]
  • eighteenth dynasty[3]
  • first intermediate period[33]
  • guangxu[1]
  • hellenistic period[1]
  • imperial roman period[1]
  • incised[1]
  • joseon dynasty[5]
  • kofun[2]
  • late bronze age[1]
  • late helladic period[1]
  • late minoan i[1]
  • late minoan period[1]
  • middle kingdom[1]
  • middle minoan ii[1]
  • middle minoan iii[2]
  • middle nasca[1]
  • ming dynasty[2]
  • modern[1]
  • new kingdom[5]
  • nineteenth dynasty[3]
  • post-classic maya[2]
  • proto-nasca[1]
  • ptolemaic period[3]
  • qianlong[1]
  • qing dynasty[4]
  • roman period[1]
  • tang dynasty[5]
  • third intermediate period[1]
  • thirty-third dynasty[1]
  • twelfth dynasty[1]
  • twenty-second dynasty[1]
  • ur ii[1]
  • western han dynasty[1]
  • zhou dynasty[1]
  • anasazi[2]
  • aztec[1]
  • bini[1]
  • chavin[1]
  • chimu[3]
  • chinese[11]
  • chorotegan[27]
  • coastal huari[1]
  • cree[2]
  • early chimu[1]
  • early classical[1]
  • edo (africa)[3]
  • etruscan[3]
  • hallstatt culture[1]
  • hellenistic[1]
  • huron[2]
  • huron-wendat[2]
  • inca[4]
  • italic[1]
  • japanese[2]
  • kaskaskia[2]
  • kongo[1]
  • korean[5]
  • mandan[2]
  • maya (central american culture)[1]
  • minoan[3]
  • moche[3]
  • moche iv[1]
  • mycenean[1]
  • nasca[2]
  • olmec[1]
  • paracas[1]
  • persian[371]
  • ptolemaic[3]
  • roman[2]
  • tarascan[1]
  • teton[1]
  • tiahuanaco[2]
  • western european[1]
  • yoruba[1]
  • zapotec[2]
  • andean[21]
  • central american[42]
  • edo (africa)[1]
  • great plains culture area[3]
  • northeast culture area[4]
  • southwest culture area[2]
  • cemetery[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]
  • mound 1[1]
  • pg 1054[1]
  • pg 1237/16[4]
  • pg 1237/22[1]
  • pg 1237/64[1]
  • pg 1237/67[2]
  • pg 1237/70[1]
  • rp 7es[1]
  • tomb[1]
  • tomb 2111, tomb of khentkhety[32]
  • tomb b[1]
  • tomb w 22[1]
  • wall pocket[1]
  • akapana pyramid?[1]
  • animal face[1]
  • annona?[1]
  • bean pod[1]
  • bird[1]
  • bird head[1]
  • boat[32]
  • book of the dead[1]
  • bull head[1]
  • canine[1]
  • cart[1]
  • cat[1]
  • centipede god?[1]
  • chicha[1]
  • combat[1]
  • conch shell[1]
  • corn[1]
  • corn beer[1]
  • couple[1]
  • cybele[1]
  • dancer[2]
  • deer?[1]
  • dragon[1]
  • eagle[2]
  • elephants[1]
  • enkidu[1]
  • equestrian[1]
  • feline[1]
  • fish[2]
  • flower[1]
  • frog[1]
  • gilgamesh[1]
  • goat[1]
  • goat?[1]
  • goddess[1]
  • grain[1]
  • harp[1]
  • hawks[1]
  • head[1]
  • horse[2]
  • human[2]
  • human face[1]
  • human female[1]
  • human figures[1]
  • human head[2]
  • jaguar[1]
  • leopard[2]
  • lion[2]
  • llama[1]
  • male head[1]
  • man[5]
  • mask[2]
  • maya[1]
  • men[32]
  • mountain cat[1]
  • musician[3]
  • musket[1]
  • net[1]
  • nizami khamsah[371]
  • oars[32]
  • octopus[1]
  • olive[1]
  • osiris[1]
  • owl[2]
  • palmette[1]
  • phoenix[1]
  • pipa[1]
  • plant[1]
  • potato[1]
  • powder horn[1]
  • pyramid[1]
  • rainbow[1]
  • ramesses ii[1]
  • rider[2]
  • rocks[1]
  • seated man[1]
  • serpents[1]
  • shaman[1]
  • sheng[1]
  • snuff[1]
  • squirrel[1]
  • standing female figure[1]
  • standing human[1]
  • sun[1]
  • toad[1]
  • trees[1]
  • turtle[1]
  • were-jaguar[1]
  • woman[5]
  • chinese language[1]
  • hieroglyphic[5]
  • korean language[1]
  • agate[20]
  • alabaster[1]
  • bead[3]
  • bitumen[1]
  • brass[1]
  • bronze[10]
  • buckskin[1]
  • carnelian[5]
  • cartonnage[2]
  • catlinite[1]
  • ceramic[35]
  • clay[7]
  • cloisonne[1]
  • copper[5]
  • copper alloy[2]
  • cotton[1]
  • deer skin[2]
  • deerskin[2]
  • diorite[1]
  • electrotype[1]
  • electrum[1]
  • elephant tusk[1]
  • fabric[2]
  • feather[1]
  • fiber[2]
  • fur[1]
  • gesso[38]
  • glass[1]
  • glaze[3]
  • glazed[1]
  • gold[19]
  • gold thread[1]
  • greenstone[21]
  • hair[1]
  • horsehair[2]
  • human hair[2]
  • ink[372]
  • ivory[5]
  • jade[26]
  • jadeite[4]
  • lacquer[1]
  • lapis lazuli[9]
  • leather[371]
  • limestone[3]
  • linen[1]
  • llama bone[1]
  • metal[4]
  • metal alloy[2]
  • moose hair[2]
  • moose hide[2]
  • obsidian[2]
  • paint[5]
  • paper[373]
  • papyrus[1]
  • pewter[1]
  • pigment[44]
  • porcelain[1]
  • porcupine hair[2]
  • porcupine quill[4]
  • rhinoceros horn[1]
  • sard[1]
  • shell[1]
  • silk[2]
  • silk ribbon[2]
  • silver[8]
  • sinew[4]
  • soapstone[1]
  • steatite[1]
  • stone[5]
  • stroud[1]
  • terracotta[1]
  • wax[1]
  • wood[40]
  • black figure[1]
  • blue and white ware[1]
  • bucchero[1]
  • carved[5]
  • celadon[1]
  • cloisonne[1]
  • core-form[1]
  • embroidered[2]
  • fired[9]
  • flagstaff black-on-white[1]
  • gilded[1]
  • glazed[7]
  • gray ware[1]
  • hammered[1]
  • hollow cast[1]
  • incised[5]
  • inlaid[2]
  • inscribed[1]
  • intaglio[2]
  • lost wax casting[1]
  • mesa verde black-on-white[1]
  • mold made[1]
  • painted[37]
  • polychrome[3]
  • porcelain[1]
  • red ware[1]
  • sue ware[1]
  • superposed color[1]
  • vasiliki ware[1]
  • yes[555]
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Earring

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MS5100

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Amphora

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29-96-158

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Peking Opera Robe

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39-20-68

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Trumpet

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MS4177

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Lamp

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30-12-660

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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

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String of Beads

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NA11651A

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Choker

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NEP59

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Tile

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29-22-2

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Helmet

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30-12-333

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Arrowhead

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37-12-43B

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Cup Cover

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37-12-43A

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Cup

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SA4643

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Effigy Vase

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B17403

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Adze

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B17078

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Spearhead

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30-12-716B

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Earring

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B17636

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String of Beads

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B17107

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Vase

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MS1285

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Kyathos

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13137

13137

Bowl

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31-17-236

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Arrowhead

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46-29-3

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Coin

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97-83-1432B

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97-83-1432A

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Pipe Bowl

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NA4946B

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