Collection No. 14 of 24
Farming, food and drink
Domestication, farming, harvests, bread, beer and famine.
2 subjects · 3 lessons · 6 objects · 11 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 gift of the riverWhy did everything in Egypt depend on the Nile?Ancient Egypt · About 2000 BC
- The town that built the pyramidsWho actually built the pyramids at Giza?Ancient Egypt · About 2550 BC to 2470 BC
- Life on the frontierWho actually lived on the northern frontier?Roman Britain · About AD 85 to 400
Objects
A clay tablet recording barleyAbout 3100 to 2900 BC
Cattle carved for King KhufuAbout 2551 to 2528 BC, in the reign of Khufu
Model granary with scribesAbout 1981 to 1975 BC
Model bakery and breweryAbout 1981 to 1975 BC
A bronze cauldron on three legs12th to 11th century BC
A tall bronze wine beaker13th century BC
Subjects
- Stone Age to Iron Age BritainAbout 42,000 years ago to AD 43
- Ancient EgyptAbout 2550 BC to 196 BC, and how it was read again