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Reconstruction of Achaemenid Battle-Ship in Shiraz

After studying 47 Iranian and Aniranian historical resources an Achaemenid ship's original design was re-sketched. The archetype of this ship, which is a kind of "Three Room" model, was used as a battleship during Achaemenid dynasty. Now a small model of that ship has been made in Shiraz, Iran. In the construction of a new model of an Achaemenid ba...

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FRIEZE OF STRIDING LIONS

An Achaemenid artisan carved this piece of stone to represent part of a cloth canopy that was decorated with woven or appliquéd figures of rosettes and striding lions. Remnants of crenellations on the top of the block indicate that it belonged to the uppermost row of stones. The fringe along the lower edge, representing knotted cords ending in tas...

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IRAN: Persepolis - Tomb of Artaxerxes II

Upper Register, Showing Throne Bearers....

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IRAN: Naqsh-i-Rustam - Tomb of Darius I

Relief of Aspathines on the Left Frame....

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The Persian Immortals

Immortals: Greek name for an elite regiment in the ancient Achaemenid empire. In his description of the battle of Thermopylae (480 BCE), the Greek researcher Herodotus mentions a Persian elite corps which he calls the Ten Thousand or the Athanatoi, the 'Immortals'. He describes them as a body of picked Persians under the leadership of Hydarnes, the...

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Campaigns of Darius I - Ionian Revolt

Ionia, on the central Western coast of Asia Minor and the adjacent islands was settled by the Greeks about 1000 BC. Between the 8th and 6th centuries BC, the Ionian cities of Miletus, Shmos, Ephesus, led the rest of Greece in trade, colonization, and culture. The region was dominated by Lydia from 550 BC and then by Persian rule after Cyrus the Gre...

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Platea - Persian Wars - Battle of Platea

Spartans, Tegeans, and Athenians fought the Persian army that remained in Greece, at the final battle on Greek soil of the Persian Wars, the Battle of Plataea, in 479 B.C. Xerxes and his fleet had returned to Persia, but Persian troops remained in Greece, under Mardonius. They stationed themselves for battle in a place suitable for their horsemen -...

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Bid to Find Lost Persian Armada

Archaeologists have embarked on an epic search for an ancient fleet of Persian ships that was destroyed in a violent storm off Greece in 492 BC... The team will search for sunken remains of the armada - sent by Persian king Darius to invade Greece - which was annihilated before reaching its target. [Ancient Persia "" Shipwrecks]...

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FOUNDATION SLAB OF XERXES

This stone tablet inscribed with Babylonian cuneiform characters lists the nations under Persian rule shortly after the uprisings that occurred when Xerxes came to the throne. Although the tablet was intended as a foundation deposit to be placed beneath a corner of one of Xerxes' buildings, it apparently was never used. It was found, along with oth...

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Persian Mythology, Gods and Goddesses - Part 2

In addition to the gods and goddesses mentioned in Part 1, there are many other important figures in Persian mythology. Here are a few more to be aware of: Tishtrya: The god of rain and fertility. He is often depicted as a horse or a chariot rider.Verethragna: The god of victory and war. He is often depicted as a warrior with a bull's head.Atar: Th...

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