Susa is one of the oldest cities in the world. Excavations have uncovered evidence of continual habitation dating back to 4200 BCE. Susa...

Inshushinak was one of the major gods of the Elamites and the protector deity of Susa. The ziggurat at Choqa Zanbil is dedicated to him....

Many Persian relics are kept in museums across the world. Most of these were looted from Iran due to the negligence of past rulers. The...

Unfinished kudurru (boundary marker) with a horned serpent (symbol of Marduk) around pillar at bottom. The most proeminent gods are...

Darius I (c. 550-486 BCE), also known as Darius the Great, was the third Persian King of the Achaemenid Empire. His reign lasted 36...

In the early days of the Achaemenid empire, the kings came to realise that, if they were to be able to administer the vast mass of land...

The Sasanian Empire (also spelled Sassanian, Sasanid or Sassanid) was the last pre-Islamic Persian empire, established in 224 CE by...

In the year 330 BCE Alexander the Great conquered the Persian capital city of Persepolis, and after looting its treasures, burned the...

Persepolis is the Greek name (from perses polis for 'Persian City') for the ancient city of Parsa, located seventy miles northeast of...

Cyrus the Great King of the Kings. Persian King of Iran. Cyrus the Great (Persian: کوروش بزرگ, Kūrosh-e-Bozorg) (c. 600 BC or 576 BC...

The Persian Wars refers to the conflict between Greece and Persia in the 5th century BCE which involved two invasions by the latter in...

East of the Zagros Mountains, a high plateau stretches off towards India. While Egypt was rising up against the Hyksos, a wave of...

Persepolis is one of the oldest and most famous historical sites that stands in Iran and is definitely one of the most impressive. During...

The Louvre acquired a modest series of Luristan Bronzes that were representative in principle but still difficult to classify. In order...

Susa is one of the oldest cities in the world. Excavations have uncovered evidence of continual habitation dating back to 4200 BCE. Susa...

Cylinder Seal with King Holding Two Lions Persia (Iran)Achaemenian period (539–331 B.C.)c. 5th century B.C. (reign of Darius)ChalcedonyH....

Basic Information Artifact IdentificationCylinder Seal   (1900.53.0052A)ClassificationCommunication Artifacts : Personal Symbols :...

Lot 29 AN ACHAEMENID DARK STONE COLUMN BASE FRAGMENT CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. AN ACHAEMENID DARK STONE COLUMN BASE FRAGMENT CIRCA...

WESTERN ASIATIC ACHAEMENID CYLINDER SEAL WITH COMBAT SCENE 5th century BC An agate cylinder seal with frieze depicting a winged lion with...

WESTERN ASIATIC ACHAEMENID CYLINDER SEAL WITH HORNED CATTLE 5th century BC A red speckled stone cylinder seal with frieze of a squatting...