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A History of the World in 100 Objects

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The Mummy of Hornegite

The mummy of hornegite, a wooden coffin from thebes in egypt. Third centuary bese. We will get to the very beginning of human history. But i am not going to start there, because i want to begin with the mummies. Telling history through things is what museums are for. And because the british museum has collected things from all over the globe, it's not a bad place try to tell a world history. Of course, it can only be a history of the world, not the history. When people come to the museum, they choose their own objects and make their own journey round the world and through time. I think what they will

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