Ram in the Thicket
The Great Lyre.
Detail of front panel of Great Lyre
headdress of Puabi
Ahh, PICT-chures. Ungawa happy now. Igor happy, now too?.
Posted on 02/22/2006 10:58:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Royal Tombs of Ur: Ancient Treasures From Modern Iraq is a timely, traveling sample of artifacts discovered in the 1920s and '30s at the Sumerian site of ancient Ur, the traditional home of the biblical prophet Abraham, which is now southern Iraq.
The Ur exhibit is on loan from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Friday-Aug. 13.
Col. Matthew Bogdanos, U.S. Marines Corps, led a task force across the desert to track stolen antiquities from the Iraq Museum. The mission resulted in the recovery of more than 5,000 artifacts. Bogdanos will present a lecture on March 14, and Richard Zettler, one of the leading authorities on Mesopotamian culture, will speak April 4.
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Ram in the Thicket
The Great Lyre.
Detail of front panel of Great Lyre
headdress of Puabi
Ahh, PICT-chures. Ungawa happy now. Igor happy, now too?.
I remember that piece from my college art history book. At Penn State, we had to take a course in "non-European cultures". "Art History of the Ancient Near East" was my choice. It was quite fascinating.
OH YIPEEEE We just covered this last fall - thanks for the notification!!
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