A timely exhibition is publicly on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled "Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium BC from the Mediterranean to the Indus.

A timely exhibition is publicly on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled "Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium BC from the Mediterranean to the Indus." The exhibit explores Mesopotamia--present-day Iraq--the birthplace of a certain of the world's earliest civilizations from 5000 years ago.

The exhibit views the evolution of art and refinement in the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates and their impact forward the emerging cities of the world. The exhibit also places special emphasis forward the interconnection between Mesopotamia and other contemporary agricultures across the broad expanse of the ancient world.

More than 50 museums from countries in Europe Asia and the Middle East contributed nearly 400 rare works of art including carve jewelry, vessels, weapons, inlays, cylinder seals and tablets. The exhibition is arranged thematically within a chronological framework with works rarely seen or examined outside their abiding habitation of origin.

Given the political situation in Iraq, curators had exhausted six years traveling extensively and initiating relationships with countries the Metropolitan had not worked with before, including Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.

The exhibition is accompanied by way of a fully illustrated catalog.

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"Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium BC from the Mediterranean to the Indus"

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