Um cilindro de argila recoberto pela escrita cuneiforme acadiana, danificado e partido, o Cilindro de Ciro é um símbolo poderoso de tolerância religiosa e multiculturalismo. Nesta cativante 'talk', Neil MacGregor, diretor do Museu Britânico, desenha 2.600 anos da história do Oriente Médio através deste simples objeto.
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A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In this enthralling talk Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, traces 2600 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.
About Neil MacGregor
The writer and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 series "A History of the World in 100 Objects" and the accompanying book.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1753 as a museum for the world (and free to enter, down to this day), the British Museum has built a near-encyclopedic collection of art and artifacts representing the sweep of human history across 2 million years. In his 2010 radio series A History of the World in 100 Objects (accompanied by a splendid book with the same title), director Neil MacGregor showed how the artifacts and items we collect are a powerful tool for sharing our shared human narrative.
MacGregor has long been fascinated with the way museums can tell the world's story. At the British Museum, he's negotiated his way to mounting shows full of Chinese and Persian treasures, helping sometimes-prickly governments to share his mission of cultural togetherness. He was named Briton of the Year in 2008 by the Sunday Times, who said, "He is a committed idealist who, in a world in which culture is increasingly presented as the acceptable face of politics, has pioneered a broader, more open, more peaceable way forward."
He says: "That’s what the museum is about: giving people their place in things.”
"[100 Objects is] a project that, I suspect, may prove a watershed in the way museums and galleries work with the public."
Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian.
Source: TED - Ideas worth spreading.
