Statuette of a worshipper Umma Mesopotamia (Djoha)

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.- The Royal Museums of Art and History present From Gilgamesh to Zenobia - Ancient Arts from the Near East and Iran, on view through April 27, 2008. The exhibition From Gilgamesh to Zénobia offers an exceptional opportunity to underline the importance of the Near East and of Iran in the development of Western culture. Furthermore, visitors will be lucky to see once again the famous collection the Musée royaux d'Art et d'Histoire has of antiques of those regions, and which was closed to the public for a long time while the rooms were being renovated.
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