Collection No. 10 of 24
Art, architecture and design
Painting, carving, crafts, buildings and decoration.
2 subjects · 3 lessons · 12 objects · 8 events
The thread through time
Everything in this drawer at its date. Objects above the line, lessons and events below. Each step to the right is ten times closer to today.
Object Lesson Event
Lessons
- The first handsHow can anyone tell how old a cave painting is?The long human story · At least 67,800 years ago
- Bronze for the ancestorsWhat were the Shang bronzes for, and what did a queen take to her grave?Shang China · About 1300 to 1041 BC; Lady Hao’s tomb found 1976
- The ship in the fieldWhat does Sutton Hoo tell us about Anglo-Saxon kings?Anglo-Saxon Britain · About AD 625, dug 1938 to 1939
Objects
Cattle carved for King KhufuAbout 2551 to 2528 BC, in the reign of Khufu
Seated statue of King MenkaureAbout 2490 to 2472 BC, in the reign of Menkaure
Model of a porch and gardenAbout 1981 to 1975 BC
Blue faience hippopotamusAbout 1961 to 1878 BC
The Sutton Hoo helmetBuried about 625
The Great Pyramid, photographed in 1849December 1849
The pyramids at Giza, photographed in the 1860s1865 to 1869
A bronze cauldron on three legs12th to 11th century BC
A tall bronze wine beaker13th century BC
A lidded bronze wine container12th century BC
A great bronze wine jar13th century BC
A small jade water buffalo13th to 11th century BC
Subjects
- The long human story315,000 years ago to now
- Shang ChinaAbout 1250 BC to 1041 BC, at Anyang