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Living with the Gods

Neil MacGregor tells the stories of a selection key objects in the series.

The Wheel Of Life
A Buddhist guide to the cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
What do your clothes say about you?
What we wear tells people who we are and who we are not, says Neil MacGregor.
Nine things you didn鈥檛 know about human beliefs.
How do you find direction in life?
Neil MacGregor explains why an astronaut needed help knowing where he was.
The legend of El Dorado
Neil MacGregor tells the story of the 鈥済olden man鈥� who commits treasures to the deep.
The Lion Man
Neil MacGregor tells the story of a small ivory sculpture, carved 40,000 years ago.
The Beginnings of Belief
Living With The Gods begins with the Lion Man.
How the river Ganges was taken to London
The story of an extraordinary journey with the largest silver objects ever produced.
Neil MacGregor tells the stories of some of the key objects in the series.
The Wheel Of Life

A Buddhist guide to the cycle of birth, death and rebirth and how to escape it.
The dead 鈥渕ummy bundles鈥� who influenced the living

Neil MacGregor hears how ancestors played a role in the lives of Inca people.
The legend of El Dorado

Neil MacGregor tells the story of the 鈥済olden man鈥� who commits treasures to the deep.
Who were the Vestal Virgins?

Mary Beard and Neil MacGregor discuss a Roman copper coin held at the British Museum.

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Objects from the series