The 2,600-year-old Cyrus Cylinder Now on Display at the Metroplitan Museum of Art

ART DAILY

NEW YORK---The Cyrus Cylinder-a 2,600-year-old inscribed clay document from Babylon in ancient Iraq-is viewed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. One of the most famous surviving icons from the ancient world, the Cyrus Cylinder is the centerpiece of the traveling exhibition "The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a New Empire." [link]