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The Cyrus Cylinder is on display until April 28, 2013 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. It will then travel to Houston, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. (Tish Wells/MCT)
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John Curtis from the British Museum is the curator for the Cyrus Cylinder collection at the Arthur M. Sackler museum in Washington D.C. through April 28th.
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Gold Griffin Headed Armlet from the Oxus Treasure from the region of Takht-i Kuwad, Tadjikistan, 5-4th century BC on loan for the Cyrus Cylinder collection at the Arthur M. Sackler museum in Washington D.C. through April 28th, 2013. (Tish Wells/McClatchy)
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Gold Plaque from the Oxus Treasure from the region of Takht-i Kuwad, Tadjikistan, from the British Museum is on loan for the Cyrus Cylinder collection at the Arthur M. Sackler museum in Washington D.C. through April 28th 2013. (Tish Wells/McClatchy)
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Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Cyropaedia is on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. through April 28, 2013. (Tish Wells/MCT)
MCT
Silver Bowl with winged lions and heads of the Egyptian deity Bes 5-4th century BC on loan from the British Museum for the Cyrus Cylinder exhibit at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum in Washington D.C. (Tish Wells/McClatchy)
Gold Bowl from the Oxus Treasure from the region of Takht-i Kuwad, Tadjikistan, 5-4th century BCE on loan from the British Museum for the Cyrus Cylinder exhibit at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum in Washington D.C. (Tish Wells/McClatchy)
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