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Websites  The British Museum - a vast collection of Assyrian artefacts with the finest carvings of the famous lion hunt reliefs from the North Palace at Nineveh belonging to king Ashurbanipal, renowned for the vast library he created at Nineveh. Copies of some of the greatest literary works from ancient Assyria, as well as writings on divination, astrology, medicine and mathematics, are among the thousands of tablets now in the museum. Posted: Aug-9-2008 | Visited: 51 | URL: http://www.britishmuseum.org The Field Museum - an international leader in evolutionary biology and paleontology, and archaeology and ethnography, and has long maintained close links, including joint teaching, students, seminars, with local universities - particularly the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Proudly endorsed by AIM. Posted: Feb-1-2004 | Visited: 97 | URL: http://www.fieldmuseum.org The Louvre Museum - established in 1793 by the French Republic, the Louvre Museum, in the company of the Ashmolean Museum (1683), the Dresden Museum (1744) and the Vatican Museum (1784) is one of the earliest European museums. Posted: Apr-14-2001 | Visited: 153 | URL: http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm The Oriental Institute at The University of Chicago - the University of Chicago has been a center of ancient Near Eastern studies ever since its founding in 1891. The museum has an extensive collection of Assyrian sculptures and artifacts. Proudly endorsed by AIM. Posted: Nov-8-2000 | Visited: 414 | URL: http://oi.uchicago.edu  Related_Categories  Arts Education Organizations Reference

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