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Assyria to Iberia: A journey through land and sea

#MetKids invites you to celebrate the exhibition Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age.

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#metkids celebrate <i>Assyria to Iberia A Journey Through Land and Sea</i> ♪ (rhythmic music) ♪ Hi, my name is Joanna, and I am from New York. Today I was practicing drawing a cuneiform. ♪ (rhythmic music) ♪ In Assyria, when you worship the gods, <i>you fed them! I like these kind of gods.</i> I'm Xavier, and I'm eleven years old. I'm thinking how people back then used to make pots and cups out of clay. <i>(woman) Ashurnasirpal II. Do you see him?</i> <i>He's holding a libation bowl in his fingers.</i> So what he did was transport significant pieces of rock. Hi, my name is Sumay, and I am from New York. I got an idea from the art <i>and that's how I made mine.</i> ♪ (rhythmic music) ♪ A 4,000 year old story. I told it to you, <i>and you can tell it to somebody else.</i> how will you celebrate?