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A 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture of an Assyrian God—Once Buried for Safekeeping—Has Been Unearthed Again in Iraq (news.artnet.com)
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The monumental, 18-ton body of the ancient winged deity will now be reunited with its head, held at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad.

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[-] bazus1@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I'll just wait to see it in the British Museum.

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