Glass, Gilding, and Grand Design: Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642) presents masterpieces illustrating the splendor of the court arts of the Sasanian dynasty, which ruled the ancient Near East from the ...

At head of title: "The Iran Heritage Foundation." "Organized by the Centre for Iranian Studies, IMEIS and the Dept. of Archaeology of Durham University ; sponsored by the Iran Heritage Foundation with ...

Prolegomena : Ancient Iran in the context of world history -- 1. Iran before the Sasanians -- 2. Ardaxšīr I and the establishment of the Sasanian Empire -- 3. Šābuhr I : The strongest world Empire in ...

The Sasanian emperors minted a considerable number of silver coins, known as drachms (pronounced ‘drams’). The royal portraits on these coins allow for the identification of kings depicted in other ...

Archaeologists have discovered a royal needle-carved rock image in southern Iran's Marvdasht Plain. It is believed the image engraved on the cliffs is linked to a Sasanian king, according to Arkeo ...

A diadem or ribbon encircles the neatly dressed hair, while three strings of apparently globular beads form a necklace with a lozenge-shaped pendant extending from a square center bead. A flowing ...