Pictures and Photos
IRAN: Persepolis - Baked Clay Sculpture of a Persian's Head.
Side View, Found Near NE Corner of the Terrace....
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PERSEPOLIS AND ANCIENT IRAN: KA'BAH-I-ZARDUSHT...
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(Tomb V), Upper Register and Entablature of Lower Register....
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This snarling winged lion worked in gold repoussé attests to the exceptional skill of Achaemenid goldsmiths. The back of the horned feline's body and the slender twisted cord that surrounds it bear sixteen tiny loops for attachment to a garment or textile. Greek writers often speak of the tremendous wealth of the Persians, and Herodotus writes tha...
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Around 1200 B.C. monochrome wares were introduced in many parts of Iran and replaced the earlier painted pottery. These new, frequently burnished, wares occur in both a reddish-orange and a dark gray variety. The gray wares, of which this long-spouted pitcher is a characteristic example, were given their color by special firing in an oxygen-reducin...
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IRAN: Naqsh-i-Rustam - Tomb of Darius I.
Detail of the Guard on the Left Frame....
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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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