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Toto · 05-18-2007, 02:14 PM

In the Beginning...Creation Stories of the Ancient World

Cornell University's Dr. Alhena Godotti presents "In Those Distant Days: Creation Myths from Mesopotamia," the University of San Diego's Dr. Russell Fuller lectures on "The Two Creation Stories in the Book of Genesis" and Pennsylvania State University's Dr. Donald Redford discusses "The Origins of the Cosmos in Ancient Egypt."

Monday, May 21: 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Wednesday, May 30: 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Monday, June 11: 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

But here's the kicker:

Love for ancient art lands local man in jail

Quote:

As executive director of the little-known California Museum of Ancient Art, Berman has attracted some of the world's premier Near Eastern scholars to deliver seminars on topics ranging from "The Epic of Gilgamesh" to the Dead Sea Scrolls to "Expansion of Trade and the Spread of the Alphabet."

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A week later, Berman is scheduled to receive his prison sentence of up to six years for tax fraud.

His crime was, Berman's lawyer said, caring too deeply about the museum he co-founded in 1983 and which lacks a physical building or Web site. Art pieces are kept in a Westside storage facility.

The link has a photo of a Sumerian plaque of a god battling a seven headed monster, c. 2500 BCE.

ETA: there is another good photo here

Astreja · 05-19-2007, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Toto

The link has a photo of a Sumerian plaque of a god battling a seven headed monster, c. 2500 BCE.here

I've seen that picture, or a very similar one, before. Marduk vs. Tiamat?

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