Cambridge, MA, Semitic Museum, Harvard University
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Cambridge, MA, Semitic Museum, Harvard University
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The Semitic Museum was founded in 1899 as the home of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the idea of Professor David Gordon Lyon (1852-1935). The collection is mostly formed from objects acquired from Harvard sponsored excavations in the Near East.
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