British Museum
Explore British Museum on Ever-When, an interactive timeline of history from the Big Bang to the present day.
Key events on this timeline
- Rosetta Stone (196 BCE)
- Sutton Hoo helmet (620)
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Hokusai print) (1831)
- Standard of Ur (2500 BCE)
- Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (443 BCE)
- Lewis Chessmen (1175)
- Hoa Hakananai'a (1100)
- Statue of Ramesses II (1250 BCE)
- Pillar of Ashoka (238 BCE)
- Flood Tablet (650 BCE)
- Swimming Reindeer (11000 BCE)
- Benin plaque: the oba with Europeans (1550)
- Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent (1543)
- Durer's Rhinoceros (1515)
- Suffragette-defaced penny (1903)
- Throne of Weapons (2001)
- Olduvai stone chopping tool (1800000 BCE)
- Mummy of Hornedjitef (250 BCE)
- Indus seal (2250 BCE)
- Gold coin of Croesus (550 BCE)
- Meroe Head of Augustus (26 BCE)
- Seated Buddha from Gandhara (200)
- Gold coins of Abd al-Malik (696)
- Bronze Head from Ife (1450)
- David Vases (1351)
- Pieces of eight (1593)
- Akan Drum (1710)
- Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle (1800)
- Olduvai hand axe (1300000 BCE)
- Clovis spear point (11000 BCE)