Myth and reality

13 November 2008 – 15 March 2009

Discover the greatest city of ancient Iraq through archaeology, history & art

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Programme of events

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Evening events, films, family activities Babylon events programme in Arabic
Lectures, talks, study sessions  
Thursday 15 January 13.15 Babylon: curator's introduction Lecture  
Friday 16 January 13.15 Music in Ancient Mesopotamia: talk and demonstration Lecture  
Thursday 22 January 13.15 Rediscovering the lost civilisations of Ancient Mesopotamia Gallery talk  
Friday 23 January 13.15 Coinage in Hellenistic Babylon Gallery talk  
  18.30 Iraq in Fragments Film £
Thursday 29 January 13.15 The Tower of Babel: modern images by Anne Desmet Lecture  
  18.30 Babylon and Iraq's archaeology today Lecture £
Friday 30 January 14.00–16.30 Dürer and Martin: two approaches to Babylon Study session £
  18.30 In the Valley of Elah Film £
Thursday 5 February 18.30 Written in the stars: the scientific legacy of Babylon Lecture £
Friday 6 February 13.15 Babylon: curator's introduction Lecture S
  18.30 Meeting Resistance Film £
Saturday 7 February 10.00–17.00 Iraq, home of writing: from cuneiform to Kufic Study session £
Wednesday 11 February 13.15 Iraq's past speaks to the present: a display of works by artists from Iraq and Syria Gallery talk  
Thursday 12 February 18.30 Exploration, propagation and curation: Gertrude Bell and Freya Stark in Arabia Lecture £
Friday 13 February 18.30 Baghdad High Film £
Monday 16 February 11.00–16.00 Building Babylon Family activities  
Tuesday 17 February 11.00–16.00 Building Babylon Family activities  
Wednesday 18 February 11.00–16.00 Building Babylon Family activities  
Thursday 19 February 11.00–16.00 Building Babylon Family activities  
  13.15 Degas and Near Eastern antiquities in 19th-century France Lecture  
  18.30–20.00 A taste of Assyria Late £
Friday 20 February 11.00–16.00 Building Babylon Family activities  
  13.15 Iraq's past speaks to the present Gallery talk  
  18.30 Marooned in Iraq Film £
Wednesday 25 February 13.15 The excavations at Babylon Gallery talk  
Thursday 26 February 18.30 From Jerusalem to Babylon: new thoughts on the Babylonian exile Lecture £
Friday 27 February 18.30–21.00 Babylon Late Late  
Thursday 5 March 18.30 Enuma Elish: the Babylonian creation myth Late £
Friday 6 March 13.15 Babylon: curator's introduction Lecture  

 

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Exhibition organised by the British Museum,
the muse du Louvre and the Runion des muses
nationaux, and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

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