A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In this enthralling talk Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, traces 2600 years of Middle Eastern history through this single object.
Hattusa also Ḫattuša or Hattusas, (Hittite: URUḪa-at-tu-ša) was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. Before 2000 BCE, the apparently indigenous Hattian people established a settlement on sites that had been occupied even earlier and referred to the site as Hattush. The Hattians built their initial settlement on the high ridge of Büyükkale.
The historic Ishtar Gate, reconstructed and exhibited at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, is only the upper-most part of ancient eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon.
In an effort to illustrate this ancient site in a new way, the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin and Google Arts & Culture have virtually reassembled Ishtar Gate, in its original location. This work of this project illustrates how the ancient landmark would have looked like before it was parted.
Photograph: Google Arts & Culture, circa 2015 CE.
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Abrahamic History & Archaeology
Excavations & Dig Projects
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