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Acropolis Museum

The venue: Acropolis Museum

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Lamassu of Nineveh | Michael Rakowitz and Ancient Cultures

Acropolis Museum · Athens, Greece · 6 Oct 2025 to 31 Oct 2026

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A 4.3-metre sculpture by Michael Rakowitz in the museum's outdoor garden, reconstructing a destroyed Assyrian lamassu from the Nergal Gate at Nineveh out of empty Iraqi date-syrup cans, part of the artist's series on looted Iraqi antiquities.

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