During her tour of the museum grounds, Bhandari examined prominent masterpieces including an ancient Nepalese statue of Maitreya dating back to 1100–1200, a statue of Gudea, Prince of Lagash from ...

which conquered Lagash and other cities around 2080 b.c. Gudea, a pious leader and temple builder who ruled Lagash shortly before its fall, is memorialized as an architect to the gods in a life ...

Treasured relics such as the legendary Gudea statues showcased the artistic brilliance and religious devotion of ... E-ninnu, an ancient temple from Mesopotamia, held great significance in the ...

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Husband: president of Syria. My notions about the country were formed by the British Museum: the head of Gudea, king of Lagash, treasures from Ur, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Assyria, and Babylon — all ...

Husband: president of Syria. My notions about the country were formed by the British Museum: the head of Gudea, king of Lagash, treasures from Ur, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Assyria, and Babylon — all ...

However, a recent remote-sensing survey of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash in present-day southern Iraq has established that it was composed of several discrete sections, each bounded by walls ...

Noteworthy pieces include the statue of Gudea, prince of Lagash; the colossal figure of Ramesses II, the Egyptian pharaoh; the enigmatic Greek sphinx, the serene head of Buddha and the Oba of the ...