The Cyrus Cylinder (detail) 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. TEHRAN (AP).- A Babylonian artifact sometimes described as the world's first human rights...

Le Cylindre de Cyrus : il décrète les thèmes de la règle persane : tolérance religieuse, abolition de l'esclavage, liberté du choix de profession et expansion de l'empire - British Museum - © Trustees du British Museum TEHERAN (IRAN) [09.02.10] – Pour...

The Museum said in September that plans to hand over the 2,500-year-old clay cylinder had been delayed due to unspecified "practicalities." TEHRAN.- Iran will cut its links with the British Museum and ask bodies such as UNESCO to reconsider their own...