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Dr. PAUL COLLINS   Jaleh Hearn Curator for Ancient Near East, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford 

 

Paul has worked previously as a curator in the Middle East Department of the British Museum and the Ancient Near Eastern Art Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He is a specialist in the art and archaeology of ancient Mesopotamia with interests in the late fourth millennium BC, Neo-Assyrian sculpture, and modern threats to cultural heritage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"The discovery and destruction of Nimrud"  

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Discoveries at Nimrud in the north of Mesopotamia helped to shape Western perceptions of the ancient Near East and the identity of modern Iraq. This talk explores Nimrud as a source of cultural and historical memory as well as its potential role in the future.

 

 

 

 

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