Free Lecture

The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia

Thursday, July 11, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

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Discover the significance of the Cylinder and its legacy.

2:00
Reading the Cyrus Cylinder
Irving L. Finkel, Assistant Keeper, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum

2:45
"Cyrus and the Case for Greatness": A View from the Writings of Herodotus and Xenophon
Robert K. Faulkner, Professor, Department of Political Science, Boston College

3:30
Conversation moderated by Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, Professor of History and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto

This program is presented with the exhibition The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New Empire.

Assistive listening devices are available from the ushers.   Assistive listening devices are available from the ushers.

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The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium and the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education are equipped with infrared sound enhancement systems (with headsets and neck loops). To obtain a headset or neck loop please ask an usher. Headsets and neck loops are available free of charge with identification. Real-time captioning is also available upon request.