Telling the story of humankind through a dazzling array of 1,000 artworks, machines, documents, and weapons, this two-volume set makes history vivid and relatable. Shown in lush color photos and described in short texts, here are a Celtic ornamental shield, a Tang Dynasty statue of a horse, the Rosetta Stone, Viking jewelry, the Bayeux Tapestry, the U.S. Constitution, an Eames chair, and the Apollo 11 command module. Here too are frameable reproductions of two lovely 19th century Japanese woodblock prints, all housed in a lidded box with a magnetic seal.