The British Museum's director, Neil MacGregor (left), ends his History of the World with a solar-powered lantern.
"solar energy is a dream of the future that echoes the oldest and most universal of human myths, that of the life-giving sun. You could see our solar-powered lamp as an echo of this myth - the heroic fire-stealing Prometheus reduced to the humble role of home help."
See after today's 99th object, one more to go and solar lantern brings enlightenment
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