Masterpieces of Mesopotamia & Persia
The great art of the first cities and empires, from Göbekli Tepe and Sumerian Ur to the Assyrian palace reliefs, Babylon’s Ishtar Gate and Persepolis. Most of these works were excavated in today’s Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey and Jordan and now live in museums in London, Paris, Berlin and Baghdad, so each card says where it was made and where it is today, with notes from Wikipedia, Wikidata and the museums’ own catalogues.
Reliefs and guardians from Nimrud, Khorsabad and Nineveh, including the Lion Hunt.
Highlights of the British Museum’s Near Eastern galleries.
Highlights of the Louvre’s Near Eastern galleries.
Treasures of the National Museum of Iraq.