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A magnificent large Achaemenid figure of a winged bull, the mythic beast depicted sitting with his l

Scabbard Tip. Iranian, 1st half 5th century BC (Achaemenid)

Ancient Worlds - BBC Two Episode 2 “The Age of Iron”Greeks at warThe Greek city-sta

Granite sculpture of an ancient Egyptian man in Achaemenid Persian dress.  Artist unknown; ca.

Necklace with the head of the Egyptian god Bes (and detail)Achaemenid, c. 6th to 4th century B.C.gol

virtual-artifacts:Bull sculpture, Achaemenid period ca. 550 - 330 BCE

Standard of Cyrus the Great, Achaemenid Empire, 559-529 BC Cyrus the Great created the largest empir

Persepolis

archaeheart:Persepolis, Iran // August 2018

didoofcarthage: “Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Tachara Palace (Palace of Darius), Central

iranianrelated: Pasargadae at night: the capital of Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great, is loca

treasures-and-beauty: Iran, Achaemenid ornamental Lapis lazuli plate, ca 500-400 BC.

aradeia:Fragment from an Achaemenid relief depicting a member of Darius or Xerxes’s royal guar

treasures-and-beauty: Iran, Achaemenid ornamental Lapis lazuli plate, ca 500-400 BC.

Gold pendant in the shape of a boar. Achaemenid Iran, c. 550-330 BCE. From the collection of The Ori

Inscription of Darius I the Great at Elvand

Persepolis

marmarinos:Achaemenid Persian relief depicting a member of the royal guard, dated to the 5th-4th cen

Parthian Rhyton (150 BC - AD 225), Iran. A drinking vessel with animal details (“rhyton&am

fishstickmonkey: A fragment of a fifth-century B.C. Persian relief (via Stolen Bas-Relief Recovered

virtual-artifacts: Bull sculpture, Achaemenid period ca. 550 - 330 BCE

dwellerinthelibrary: “This snarling winged lion worked in gold repoussé attests to the

archaeoart: Palace of Xerxes, Persepolis, Iran, circa 1930s. 

theancientwayoflife:~ Bracteate.Culture/Period: Persian; AchaemenidDate: 6th-5th century B.C.Place o

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