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The museum I attended was The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the exhibit Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age was being shown. The space the the exhibition was located in was their special exhibition room, It was one larger room divided up by walls to create a maze like feel to the exhibition. There were many artifacts within the exhibition, almost too many to look at. It was a little overwhelming. There were a large array of artifacts from small pieces of pottery that were found to larger sculptures, for example the Statue of Scorpion Birdman. The walls were painted a darker blue color and the exhibition area was dimly lit, while the artifacts were in glass display cases that were well lit. There were a plethora of visual …show more content…

It was really amazing to see it in person and be able to look at the House of David inscription on it. This artifact is the one that I did the most extensive research on and I believe it was one of the most important artifacts within the gallery. The stele was discovered in 1993 at the Tel Dan site which is located in Northern Israel. The excavation was lead by archaeologist Avraham Biram. The stele can be dated back to the 9th century B.C. Even though what was found is only a smaller fragmented piece of the stele as a whole, it was still a very important discovery because it shows evidence that The House of David was not just a fictional place in the bible, but a real place. The stele has an inscription from words of an Aramean King stating his victory over his two neighboring kingdoms, the King of Israel and the King of the House of David. Also stated in the stele is that this victory was the result of following the divine guidance of the god Hadad. It explains that he destroyed thousands of Israelite and Judahite Charioteers and horsemen. This stele was the first archaeological piece of evidence of King David, a figure that before this discovery only existed in the bible. This gave confirmation that he was indeed an important figure in the Israelites past. The stele was one of the first ways of communicating information. By carving into stone people were given the opportunity to express themselves and be remembered by people who were not around anymore. Instead of using oral tradition, and passing stories down by mouth people were now able to create a language to communicate with people that they couldn’t have before. The new given ability to express themselves makes the stele a very early form of

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