"[The Persian Empire] left a dream of the……" — Neil MacGregor
"[The Persian Empire] left a dream of the Middle East as a unit, and a unit where people of different faiths could live together."
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23 Quotes by Neil MacGregor
Neil MacGregor has 23 quotes on this site.
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From the point where our ancestors started making tools, people have been unable to survive without the things they make;…
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Objects are better than text at conveying narrative
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For a million years the sound of making handaxes provided the percussion of everyday life. Anyone choosing a hundred objects…
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In the world of the Middle East at the moment, the debates are shrill. But ... the wisest voice of…
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The things we make have one supreme quality - they live longer than us. We perish, they survive; we have…
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The spread of Viking bling is a good indication of the spread of its culture.
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For the Greeks, there was no single canonical version of creation, but a number of overlapping stories.
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Google the name Prometheus, and see how often it has been given to innovations in many different fields, notably science,…
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It is a standing source of astonishment and amusement to visitors that the British Museum has so few British things…
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Thanks to the unprecedented reach of British navigation, London in the early 18th century was not just the emporium of…
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Hardest of all for Europeans to negotiate are traditional African religions, whose transactions with unseen powers are central to the…
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For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure…
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My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six…
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Terrorism constitutes a direct attack on the values the UN stands for: the rule of law; the protection of civilians;…
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I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world. I believe that they are all God-…
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While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values…
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The big issue of our time is trying to deal with extremism based on a perversion of religion and how…
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And I communed with many different faiths and even when I wanted to be rebellious I never did not believe…
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Under the bright sun, many of us are gathered together with different languages, different styles of dress, even different faiths.…
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In our increasingly secular society, with so many disparate gods and different faiths, superhero films present a unique canvas upon…
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People of different faiths, like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are…
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