Getty exhibits Mesopotamian art that escaped Islamic State destruction
The need to preserve ancient works of art gained added importance in light of their wholesale destruction by Islamic State.
Head of a Bearded Man, Assyrian, 710–705 BCE, Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad), Royal Palace, reign of Sargon II, gypsum. British Museum, London(photo credit: ALLAN GLUCK/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)ByJACOB SAGERT/ THE MEDIA LINE
