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23 July 2014

Ancient trees

From Nineveh - murals from the palaces of Sennacherib (630-620 BC) and Ashurbanipal (c.645BC); now the Assyrian reliefs are in the British Museum.




 Outside the museum, trees look much as they always did -

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  1. I read via Newsblur, a good reader but no way to comment easily, so often I don,t, but I had to revert to Safari to say that you've picked one of my favourite areas of the BM. Stunning art and usually no mass school parties!

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  2. All of the trees are graceful, lyrical! Thank you, Margaret, for reminding this contemporary art snob that ancient art has inspiration aplenty. I was planning on concentrating on the Tate Modern and V&A when I visit London next month...Eleanor Levie, Philadelphia

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