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Cyrus Cylinder

This 2,600-year-old clay cylinder is bringing tears, and pride, to Iranians in the US

December 5, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

One of Persia’s most famous ancient artifacts, the Cyrus Cylinder, is finishing its first US tour. And it is making Iranians in the US proud of their past and their people’s claim to being among the first to officially acknowledge human rights.

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