A History of the World is a partnership between the BBC and the British Museum that focuses on world history, ... Holy Thorn Reliquary Contributed by British Museum. Image 1 of 5.

It's a paradox that we see at its most extreme in the Holy Thorn Reliquary, now held here at the British Museum. The Holy Thorn Reliquary is a one-foot (30 cm) -high theatre, made of solid gold ...

Treasures of Heaven: a reliquary bust of an unknown female saint, c. 1520-1530. Credit: Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The exhibition Treasures of Heaven: Saints, relics and ...

Holy Thorn Reliquary. Neil MacGregor with a reliquary made for a thorn from Christ's crown of thorns. ... Neil MacGregor with one of the stars of the British Museum - an Aztec serpent. 14 mins; ...

Reliquary pendant from the Holy Thorn Credit: Photo: The Trustees of the British Museum Many of the sacred objects in the Treasures of Heaven exhibition have been lent by the Vatican and will be ...

The treasury of Switzerland's Abbey of Saint Maurice is filled with centuries of artifacts, including a reliquary containing a thorn from the crown of Jesus Christ.