British Museum - New major exhibition just announced

Announced today New major exhibition

The BP exhibition I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria

Opens 8 November 2018 King Ashurbanipal of Assyria was the most powerful man on earth.   In the 7th century BC he ruled the largest empire the world had seen, which stretched over 1,000 miles from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the mountains of western Iran. He created amazing palaces filled with reliefs and carvings that depicted his successes on the battlefield and in kingly pursuits like lion hunting. But Ashurbanipal was far more than a warrior or warmonger – unusually for an Assyrian king he could read and write, and he created a vast library of cuneiform tablets in an attempt to gather all the knowledge in the world. Get acquainted with this warrior, scholar and empire builder in our introductory blog post.  Come face to face with one of history's greatest forgotten kings in our major autumn exhibition.

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