Treasures From The Cradle Of Civilization

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The Golden Bull's Head from the Lyre (circa 2500 B.C.) is an exact electrolyte replica of an artifact from the National Museum of Iraq that was excavated by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the British Museum at the Royal Tombs of Ur in Mesopotamia in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Author: CBS News Staff

Credit: University Of Pennsylvania Museum