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Neil MacGregor: 2600 years of history in one object| 19mins
Director: TED | Producer: TED
Focus Years: 2012 | Country: United States
Subject Tags: americas, belief, global, inter-cultural relations, religion, transcendent vision, united states
Quality Tags: Optimistic, Slow, Activating, Harmonizing
Synopsis:
A clay Cyrus Cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multiculturalism. In this enthralling talk, Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, traces 2,600 years of Middle Eastern history through this single object. The writer and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 series "A History of the World in 100 Objects" and the accompanying book.
Neil MacGregor: 2600 years of history in one object | 19mins

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