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Swimming Reindeer

A History of the World in 100 Objects

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The Art of the Ice Age

Art is sacred because it takes you to a new place. It's only as time goes on that religion becomes more involved with issues around power, and art becomes much more involved with self expression. Objects like these swimming reindeer take us into the minds and imaginations of people like us,. into a world unseen, but understood. Find all this at b b c dot co dot u k. Slash a history of the world.

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