Visit the Louvre Museum in Tehran!
Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: France’s Louvre Museum plans to showcase over 50 of its antiquities and artifacts in Iran's National Museum in Tehran. The exhibition entitled "Louvre in Tehran" will be open from early March to early June.
Jebrael Nokandeh, Director General of the National Museum of Iran says the exhibition includes a collection of over 50 works from ancient civilizations in Western Asia, Europe and North Africa, including the Sumerians, Assyrians, Hittites, Ancient Egyptians, Ancient Greeks and Romans. Many of the works have been selected from the main Louvre halls noting that one of the most prominent of these works is the statute of Sphinx.
The exhibition will be open to the public until June 8 at the National Museum of Iran.
Earlier, Tehran hosted an exhibition of ancient Armenian relics. South Korea also plans to hold an exhibition of its antiquities in Iran.
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