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THE MORGAN MOUNTS EXHIBITION OF EXTREMELY RARE COPPER FIGURES FROM ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300–2000 B.C. May 13 through August 21, 2016
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THE MORGAN MOUNTS EXHIBITION OF EXTREMELY RARE COPPER FIGURES FROM ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300–2000 B.C. May 13 through August 21, 2016

New York, NY, April 7, 2016 — Standing about a foot tall, the small yet monumental “foundation figures” in ancient Mesopotamia were not created to be seen by mortal eyes. Cast in copper and placed beneath the foundation of a building, often a temple, they were intentionally buried from prying […]