I love the way that this series shows how much can be revealed by the simplest of objects. For example, the Oxus chariot - http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryofthewor

I love the way that this series shows how much can be revealed by the simplest of objects. For example, the Oxus chariot - http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/sbCfsq5kSFaknMhxuK9zow http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/sbCfsq5kSFak... - transcript: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/about/transcripts/episode26/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/about/transcripts/ep... It's a tiny (but intricate) model of a chariot, rider and passenger, and yet through this, the program explains how it reveals the vast orderly road network of an empire, the functioning of a state and the diversity of its religions and regions.