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The Cyrus Cylinder: A Brief Overview
ZAGNY kicked off the first of a series of events leading up to the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum. This first event was a fantastic overview of what is the Cyrus Cylinder, its historic importance and current stature.
“The Cyrus Cylinder: A Brief Overview” was presented by Xerxes Kotval and Daulat Kotval, ZAGNY Religion Class teachers and long-standing members of ZAGNY and the community.
Click here to go through the PDF of the presentation.
Cyrus Cylinder at the MET: Event Schedule
The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia
Charting a New Empire
June 20–August 4, 2013 at the MET in New York
The Cyrus Cylinder from Ancient Babylon and the Beginning of the Persian Empire
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| The Cyrus Cylinder. Baked clay. Achaemenid, 539–538 B.C. Excavated in Babylon, Iraq, in 1879. British Museum 90920. © Trustees of the British Museum |
The exhibition is made possible by the NoRuz at the Met Fund.
This exhibition was organized by the British Museum in partnership with the Iran Heritage Foundation and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Register for Ivy Gandhi Youth Camp 2013
Welcome to the Ivy Gandhi ZCAMP 2013.
Yes folks, we are coming up to last prayer class in June very fast and that means the fun filled Youth camp. We had a terrific response at the last prayer class and already have 12 kids all set to go. Since most of the children are between 6 and 10 years old, we have changed the format and activities this year.
The camp will start at 10.00am on Saturday, June 1st and end at 1.00pm on Sunday, June 2nd.
- Starts on Sat @10am
- Lunch will be provided followed by games outside at the Darbe Meher.
- Dinner and baseball at Rockland County stadium in Pomona.
- Bonfire with marshmallows and smores at night.
- Sleepover at the Darbe Meher, tent pitching welcome but not necessary.
- Breakfast and games in the morning on Sunday before classes start.
This is a wonderful opportunity for getting the younger youth together, to have a great time, bonding together and forge friendships. We look forward to having all the youth participate.
Please register by Friday, May 10th so we can order camp T shirts for the kids.
Download the form and mail it in to shiroy@zagny.org
Secretary’s Report 2013
Please find in PDF format, the Secretary’s Report for the year 2012-13 submitted by Sheroo Kanga, Secretary; ZAGNY 2011-14; at the Annual General Meeting on Sunday April 07, 2013