ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cylinder Seal, Music Box, Zahi Hawass
18 Nov 2015
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Art in the age of writing - egypt. Cylinder seal of priest-king feeding scared sheep, ca. Babylonian deed of sale, written in cuneiform, ca. Stele with the law code of hammurabi, ca. Reconstruction of the citadel of sargon ii, dur sharrukin, ca. Gate of citadel of sargon ii, with lamassu, 742 - 706 bce (photo taken during excavation) Running away, people shooting at them from both sides of the river. Ancient near eastern art at the louvre and the british museum. State of archeology in iraq and syria at this moment. Saddam hussein used remains of ___ as propaganda for is campaign. Babylon, ishtar gate (saddam"s palace, us and polish military based. Major crisis in iraq and syria, lands controlled by isis. Selling of looted antiquities is second to oil, a way isis funds itself. London antique stores, things recently looted from iraq and syria despite laws. Loot anything they can sell, post a video destroying it.
