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Neil MacGregor concludes his series on shared beliefs with a look to the future and hope.

Neil MacGregor focuses on the faiths that have sought to establish a state of their own.

Neil MacGregor on attempts by some societies to outlaw beliefs seen as a threat.

Neil MacGregor on societies who banished religion, from revolutionary France to the USSR.

Neil MacGregor on ruling with a mandate from the gods - from the UK to Benin to China.

Neil MacGregor focuses on how faiths co-exist in India.

Neil MacGregor on how gods reach new communities, and how they are adapted and changed.

Neil MacGregor on communities who believe they are not the sole inhabitants of a landscape

Neil MacGregor's series continues with a focus on societies and faiths with a single god.

Neil MacGregor focuses on societies with many gods, including the Romans in Britain.

Neil MacGregor reflects on faiths which focus on the word rather than the image.

Neil MacGregor focuses on images with a purpose - to change the viewer's behaviour.

Neil MacGregor examines how we come to understand images, with a focus on San rock art.

Neil MacGregor focuses on Russian Orthodox icons and the Hindu goddess Durga.

Neil MacGregor focuses on Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico, and Artemis of Ephesus.

Neil MacGregor focuses on special gatherings and how they shape a communal identity.

Neil MacGregor focuses on the role of pilgrimage in Christianity, Buddhism and Islam.

Neil MacGregor focuses on Aztec human sacrifices, and animal sacrifice in ancient Greece.

Neil MacGregor focuses on offerings, including gold consigned to a Colombian lake.

Neil MacGregor on sacred spaces, from a 4,000-year-old temple to a brand new cathedral.

Neil MacGregor on the role of distinctive dress and communal song in weekly gatherings.

Neil MacGregor focuses on prayer, an individual activity that is also profoundly communal.

Neil MacGregor focuses on rites of passage, including a hair-binding ritual from Vanuatu.

Neil MacGregor focuses on the protection of the newly-born and their mothers.

Neil MacGregor's series continues with a focus on our relationship with the dead.

Neil MacGregor focuses on our relationship with the natural world and seasonal changes.

Neil MacGregor experiences the winter solstice in the passage tomb at Newgrange, Ireland.

Neil MacGregor on water's purifying powers, and the significance of the Ganges for Hindus.

Neil MacGregor on the fire of Vesta in Ancient Rome, and the Parsi fire temple in Gujarat.

Neil MacGregor's series on the role and expression of beliefs begins with the Lion Man.