Facing the Unknown in Ancient Mesopotamia | Insider Insights

How did people in the ancient world cope with the uncertainty of illness, natural disasters, and war? Learn how objects from ancient Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, reveal the ways people sought security in an uncertain world. Please note: This event is prerecorded.

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Relief panel. Assyrian, ca. 883–859 B.C. Gypsum alabaster, 90 1/2 x 84 1/2 x 6 in. (229.9 x 214.6 x 15.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1932 (32.143.3)

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