The Cyrus Cylinder
The Cyrus Cylinder is seen at right, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, gestures in front of the Babylonian artifact, at the National Museum of Iran, in Tehran, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. A Babylonian artifact sometimes described as the world's first human rights charter is to go on display in Iran after the government threatened to cut ties with the British Museum if it did not loan the object. The Cyrus Cylinder is a sixth century B.C. clay object inscribed with an account in cuneiform of the conquest of Babylon by the Persian King Cyrus the Great. It arrived in Iran on Friday and will go on display in the coming days at Iran's National Museum for four months, state TV reported. (AP Photo)
