The Cyrus Cylinder, an object from the ancient world that was never intended to be seen at all, will have an entire exhibition devoted to it at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. "It's a very ...

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King Cyrus is one of Persia's best-known historical figures. He founded the Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BCE), the world's largest empire, which encompassed the entire present-day Middle East.

The Cyrus Cylinder — one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world — comes to the MFAH on a limited U.S. tour. A touchstone of civilization, the Cyrus Cylinder is ...

The Cyrus Cylinder — an ancient clay piece considered the oldest declaration of human rights — is in the U.S. for the first time. The symbol of Persian tolerance arrives in Washington as ...

A nearly 2,600-year-old clay cylinder described as the world’s first human rights declaration is being shown for the first time in the United States. The Cyrus Cylinder from ancient Babylon will ...

The 2,600-year-old Cyrus Cylinder is on five-city tour of U.S. The clay cylinder is a declaration of freedom and coexistence from Persian King Cyrus ...

As the Cyrus Cylinder begins its US tour, BBC Persian's Khashayar Joneidi explores how the reputedly liberal monarch who gave his name to the ancient Persian artefact inspired US founding father ...