Word: salvini
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...jointly by the Louvre, Berlin's Staatliche Museum (where the exhibition moves on June 26) and London's British Museum (where it will open on Nov. 13), it's an unprecedented collaboration that brings together nearly 400 artifacts and pieces of art. Béatrice André-Salvini, a curator at the Louvre, says it marks the first major exhibition devoted to Babylonian history, an omission that owed in large part to practical considerations. "The essence of Babylon is scattered," she says, noting that museums in 13 countries from Austria to Saudi Arabia loaned items for the show. Noticeably missing...