Image of bearded man was chipped out of recycled block of calcite 2300 years ago in country now riven by conflictThe British Museum has acquired more glamorous objects than the image of a bearded man chipped out of a recycled block of calcite in Yemen 2300 years ago – but it is going on display for the first time as a symbol of the threat to the heritage of the country where it was made.[br]The British Museum and others around the world including the Louvre in Paris, the Hermitage in St Petersburg and the Metropolitan in current York are taking part in a Unesco-backed programme of exhibitions and events to highlight the destruction of thousands of years worth of archaeological and architectural sites in Yemen.
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Source: theguardian.com