Babylon's contemporary relevance needs, by nature, to be worked at. Since all that remains of Babylon is complex cuneiform tablets, clay bricks and some (impressive) reliefs of various animals, prisoners and kings, most of the exhibits at the show are other people's versions of Babylon, be it Rembrandt, Dürer or Blake. But then this exhibition is telling a story – a story of how a culture develops and spreads its influence long after the mothership has sunk. (Michael Hodges)
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Maybe you shouldn't put the British Museum in your list of things to do on New Year's Day when it's shut. Just a thought.
It very hard to register for free tickets to the babylonevent at the british museum on the 21 nov