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The Inca Road System
The Inca road system formed a network known as the royal highway or qhapaq ñan, which became an invaluable part of the Inca empire. Roads facilitated the movement of armies, people, and goods across plains, deserts, and mountains. They connected...
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Introduction to The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
Description and discussion of the grand building project of the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Victoria, Australia, the largest stupa in the western world.
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England & Wales Railway Network, 1898
A map showing the railway network in England and Wales in 1898. From Pitman's Commercial Geography of the World, London, 1898. (British Library, London)
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The Roman Trade Network (1st - 3rd centuries CE)
A map illustrating the principal trade routes of overseas and transregional exchange of goods across the Roman Empire between the first and third centuries. The depiction is schematic not only for the completeness of adequate historical knowledge...
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Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory - Arr. from "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1 · The Royal Choral Society · BBC Concert Orchestra · Barry Wordsworth The Last Night of the Proms Collection...
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Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool
Stone chopping tool. 1.8 - 2 million years old. Found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. This chopping tool is an example of the oldest known objects deliberately made by humans. This tool was found with the fossil remains of an extinct human...
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Australian Aboriginal Basket
Pandanus fibre basket. Collected 1911-1912 CE. Port Essing, Arnhem Land, Australia. Baskets like this conical shaped one have been identified in Arnhem Land rock art dating back more than 20,000 years. Baskets were made to carry a variety...
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Seated Buddha from Gandhara
This Seated Buddha was found in Gandhara, Pakistan (100-300 CE).
This image was taken at the National Museum of Australia in the travelling exhibition A History of the World in 100 (and 1) Objects.
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Statue of Ramesses II
This granite statue of Ramesses II was discovered at the Temple of Khnum, Elephantine, Egypt (1280 BCE). Ramesses II was a very successful ruler between around 1279-1213 BCE. Here he holds a crook and flail and wears a double crown, symbolising...
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Early Writing Tablet
This table is made of clay and was found in Southern Iraq (3100-3000 BCE). Early writing was used as a way to keep track of the administration and it was only in later years its uses evolved. Early writing in Mesopotamia was made by pressing...