The Cyrus Cylinder from Ancient Babylon and the Beginning of the Persian Empire

Lecture by Dr. John E. Curtis, OBE, FBA, Keeper of Special Middle East Projects, The British Museum. Introduction by Joan Aruz, Curator in Charge, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This program was presented with the exhibition The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New Empire, on view June 20–August 4, 2013.

Recorded June 20, 2013


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