A History of the World in 100 Objects - objects related to religion.
Neil MacGregor with one of world religion's most iconic images - the Buddha.
Neil MacGregor with a model of a llama - the animal behind the Inca Empire.
Neil MacGregor with one of the extraordinary giant figures from Easter Island.
Neil MacGregor with the sculpture of a goddess made by the Huastec people of Mexico.
Neil MacGregor with a reliquary made for a thorn from Christ's crown of thorns.
Neil MacGregor with a beguiling statue of the Buddhist deity Tara
Neil MacGregor with a 14th century icon from the Byzantine Empire.
Neil Macgregor with a powerful symbol from Shia Iran.
Neil MacGregor with a stone sculpture of the Hindu deity Shiva and his consort Parvati.
Neil MacGregor with a head of the Buddha from Borobudur.
Neil MacGregor with a bronze mirror from a sacred pond in Japan.
Neil MacGregor delves into the history of an artefact from Korea.
Neil MacGregor with gold coins from Syria and the transformation of the Middle East.
A mysterious bronze hand tells the story of religious belief in Arabia before Islam.
Neil MacGregor encounters one of the earliest images of Christ.