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Babylon: Myth and Reality
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First published November 12, 2008
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Irving Finkel
34 books231 followersIrving Leonard Finkel, Ph.D. (Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1976; B.A., Ancient
New Eastern Studies, University of Birmingham, 1969), is a British philologist and Assyriologist. He has served as Assistant Keeper in the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities at the British Museum since 1979. As such, he is the curator in charge of cuneiform inscriptions on tablets of clay from ancient Mesopotamia, of which the Middle East Department has the largest collection—some 130,000 pieces—of any modern museum. He also is an author of fiction for children, and in 2007 co-founded The Great Diary Project.
New Eastern Studies, University of Birmingham, 1969), is a British philologist and Assyriologist. He has served as Assistant Keeper in the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities at the British Museum since 1979. As such, he is the curator in charge of cuneiform inscriptions on tablets of clay from ancient Mesopotamia, of which the Middle East Department has the largest collection—some 130,000 pieces—of any modern museum. He also is an author of fiction for children, and in 2007 co-founded The Great Diary Project.
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April 13, 2020
This catalogue accompanied a 2008 British Museum exhibition on the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626 BC–539 BC) which drew its exhibits mainly from the British Museum, the Louvre and the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin. It covers Babylon quite comprehensively from its history, its reputation through time, the history of its rediscovery and its impact on art. Since it's a collection of thematic essays rather than a continuous text, it gets a little repetitive occasional, which of course only serves to drive the information into the brain of the reader.
December 30, 2012
British Museum catalogue to accompany the Babylon: Myth and Reality exhibition. Lots of lavish photos of the items on display plus descriptions and a number of essays giving context for the artefacts displayed. Subjects of essays cover the city, the dynasty, life and letters, history and legend, Babylon's wonders of the world, the fall of Babylon and the legacy.
April 23, 2015
The British Museum is amazing - I could spend days there. This book is a beautiful illustration of an exhibition they did recently on Babylon. It's excellent.
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