Guided Tour: Special Exhibition of "An Age of Luxury: the Assyrians to Alexander" by Hong Kong Museum of History
導賞: 香港歷史博物館專題展覽「奢華世代:從亞述到亞歷山大」

Europa    
Europa on White Bull Europa on White Bull

British Museum
 
Abduction of Europa by Rembrandt 1632 Abduction of Europa
1632
Rembrandt
 
Coin of Europa on Bull Sidon 218-222 AD Coin of Europa on Bull
Sidon
218-222 AD

American University of Beirut
 
2 Euro Coin 2 Euro Coin  
     
Anthropoid Sarcophagus    
Anthropoid Sarcophagus Anthropoid Sarcophagus
6th - 4th century BC
Sidon

British Museum
 
Anthropoid Sarcophagus Anthropoid Sarcophagus
6th - 4th century BC
Sidon

National Museum of Beirut
 
     
Coin of Alexander the Great    
Coin of Alexander the Great Coin
Alexander the Great with goat horns
minted by Lysimachus
Pergamon

British Museum
 
Zeus-Ammon Zeus-Ammon
120-160 AD

Metropolitan Museum of Art
 
Zeus-Ammon Zeus-Ammon
120-160 AD

Metropolitan Museum of Art
 
Coin of Alexander the Great Coin
Alexander the Great with lion skin

Eretz Israel Museum, Israel
 
Hercules and the Hydra 1475 by Antonio del Pollaiuolo uffizi Gallery Hercules and the Hydra
1475
Antonio del Pollaiuolo

Uffizi Gallery, Italy
 
Movie Hercules (2014) Dwayne Johnson as Hercules with lion skin in the movie Hercules (2014)  
     
Rhyton    
Rhyton Rhyton
500 BC
Turkey

British Museum
 
Rhyton Rhyton
Achaemenid Period
(550 - 330 BC)
Iran

Reza Abbasi Museum,
Tehran, Iran
 
Rhyton Rhyton
Achaemenid Period
(550 - 330 BC)
Iran

Reza Abbasi Museum,
Tehran, Iran
 
Rhyton Rhyton
Achaemenid Period
(550 - 330 BC)
Iran

Reza Abbasi Museum,
Tehran, Iran
 
Rhyton Rhyton
Achaemenid Period
(550 - 330 BC)
Iran

Reza Abbasi Museum,
Tehran, Iran
 
     
Herakles Knot    
Herakles Knot Herakles Knot
5th - 4th century BC
Syria

British Museum
 
     
Lydia Gold Coin    
Lydia Gold Coin Lydia Gold Coin
6th century BC
Lydia

British Museum
 
     
Nineveh Garden    
Relief of Nineveh Garden Nineveh Garden
645 - 635 BC

British Museum
 
Nineveh Garden Nineveh Garden  
     
Sennacherib Prism    
Sennacherib Prism Sennacherib Prism
691 - 689 BC

British Museum
 
Taylor Prism Sennacherib Prism
691 BC

British Museum
 
Taylor Prism Taylor Prism
691 BC

British Museum
 
Jerusalem Prism Jerusalem Prism
689 BC

Israel Museum
 
     
Phoenicia    
Clay Tablet Clay Tablet
7th - 6th century BC
Sippar, Iraq

British Museum
 
Murex Murex

National Museum of Beirut
 
Murex Murex

American University of Beirut
 
Tyrian Purple Tyrian Purple

American University of Beirut
 
Tyrian Purple Tyrian Purple

American University of Beirut
 
Phoenician Stele Phoenician Stele

British Museum
 
Phoenician Stele Phoenician Stele

British Museum
 
     
Influence of Assyria and Persia on other countries    
Urartu Chair Leg Chair Leg
800 BC
Van
(Ancient Urartu, present Turkey)

British Museum
 
Symbol of Sun god Shamash Symbol of Sun god Shamash  
Ashur god God Ashur (or Sun god Shamash)
865 - 860 BC
Nimrud, Assyria (Iraq)

British Museum (WA 124531)
 
Faravahar

Symbol of Faravahar, representing Ahura Mazda of Zoroastrianism
6th - 4th century BC

Persepolis, Iran