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    The Department of the Middle East (formerly Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities, then Department of Ancient Near East), numbering some 330,000 works...
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    view towards the Assyrian Transept Room 4 Room 4 Department of the Middle East The British Museum, Room 6 – Assyrian Sculpture Room 8 – Pair of Lamassu from...
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    The Department of Asia in the British Museum holds one of the largest collections of historical objects from Asia. These collections comprise over 75,000...
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    Irving Finkel (category Employees of the British Museum)
    He is the Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures in the Department of the Middle East in the British Museum, where he...
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    originated in the Middle East during the 1st century AD, is a significant minority religion within the region, characterized by the diversity of its beliefs...
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    most parts of the Middle East, and are open to hostility in others. Sex between men is illegal in 9 of the 18 countries that make up the region. It is...
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    Human rights in the Middle East have been shaped by the legal and political development of international human rights law after the Second World War,...
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  • The keepers are heads of the various departments of the British Museum. They are professional curators and related academics. There are currently nine...
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    British usage. Today, the terms Near East and Middle East are used interchangeably to refer to the same region. According to National Geographic, the...
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    Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, ODTÜ) is a public technical university located...
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