The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia, will explore an era of extraordinary invention and innovation, the impact of which is still shaping our lives thousands of years later.This exhibition focuses on three of the great centres of ancient civilisation -- Sumer, Assyria and Babylon. Melbourne Museum.Australia. 3rd of May 2012. Pictures by JOE ARMAO edited by Tim Young.for The Age newspaper , The Age ipad and The Age online
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Massive Mesopotamia exhibition coming to Toronto
– October 17, 2012
By Owen JarusA major international exhibit on ancient Mesopotamia will be coming to Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum next year. The exhibit, called “The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia” will feature artifacts now in the British Museum and will run from June 22, 2013 – January 5, 2014.
Centred in modern day Iraq and spreading into Syria, Turkey and Iran, Mesopotamian civilization saw the rise of the world’s earliest cities and the development of a system of cuneiform writing more than 5,000 years ago.
“More than 3000 years of ancient Mesopotamian history and achievements can be illustrated chronologically through a wide range of spectacular artefacts from the collections of the Middle East Department of the British Museum. The innovations, beliefs, artistic craftsmanship, power and legacy of Mesopotamia can be explored through these objects many of which result from famous excavations of legendary ancient cities such as Ur, Nineveh and Babylon,” the British Museum said in a statement on their website.
Among the pieces that will be brought to Toronto is a statue of Ashurnasirpal II, an Assyrian king who expanded his resurgent empire northward to the Mediterranean coast more than 2,800 years ago. A number of treasures from his capital Nimrud (Kalhu) will be shown and can now be seen on the British Museum’s website.
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