Free children's activities, a Chinese tea ceremony and a centrepiece lion dance will be among the attractions at this year's Lunar New Year celebrations in Durham.

In honour of the Year of the Snake, Durham University’s  Oriental Museum is thrilled to announce an engaging lineup of activities this year.

The Year of the Snake will be celebrated across Asia, over a two-week period of festivities, when people spend time with family, feast and invite good fortune and happiness into their homes for the ...

This section, now in the Oriental Museum in Durham, depicts the results of civil war between Assyria and Bablyon in which Ashurbanipal was victorious over this brother Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon.

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The exhibit is on display at Durham University Oriental Museum until 14 January. There are also rare pieces of imperial Chinese ceramic art, including a Ding Ware bowl, of which Mr MacDonald wrote ...