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7 Aug 2017, Imperial College Union
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Proms 2017 Proms Extra: Talk

Proms Extra: Talk
Proms Extra: Talk
17:45 Mon 7 Aug 2017 Imperial College Union
Irving Finkel of the British Museum talks about the Babylonian history behind Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast and the stories he has deciphered from cuneiform tablets.
Irving Finkel of the British Museum talks about the Babylonian history behind Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast and the stories he has deciphered from cuneiform tablets.

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Tonight鈥檚 concert features Prokofiev's Seven, They Are Seven, which was inspired by a transcription from cuneiform tablets written in ancient Mesopotamia around 3500BCE. Professor Irving Finkel of the British Museum talks about Babylonian history and the stories hidden in the cuneiform tablets he has deciphered.

Edited version broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 3 during tonight's interval.

Booking is not required for this event. Entry is on a first-come-first-served basis (doors open from 30 minutes before the event begins; capacity is limited).

Image: Irving Finkel

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