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2020-10-31 19:30
‘Head’ of Achaemenid soldier found in passenger’s baggage
TEHRAN – A prehistorical bas-relief carving, depicting the head of an Achaemenid soldier, has recently been found in the baggage of a passenger during a routine police investigation near the city of Na’in, central Iran.
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2020-07-20 19:23
“Hand of Achaemenid soldier” attached to bas-relief in Persepolis
TEHRAN – The left hand of a huge Achaemenid-era (c. 550 - 330 BC) bas-relief carving, depicting a soldier grabbing a spear, has recently been attached to the rock-carved art after decades in the UNESCO-registered Persepolis, southern Iran.
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2020-05-13 23:01
Ancient Iranian relief depicting victory over enemies restored
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists and restorers have completed an intricate restoration project on a 3rd-millennium-BC bas-relief, which depicts the victory of a King over his enemies. The relief is carved on the face of a rock cliff in Salas-e Babajani county, Kermanshah province.
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2020-04-28 21:00
Restoration of Iran’s royal equestrian relief nears completion
TEHRAN – A restoration work on the equestrian relief of Hormizd II, the Sassanid king (r. 303 BC– 309), will be completed within the next week.
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2020-04-27 22:23
Sassanid-era bas-relief discovered in southern Iran
TEHRAN – A historical bas-relief carving, which is estimated to date from the Sassanid era, has recently been found in the vicinity of Naqsh-e Rostam, a royal rock-hewn necropolis in Fars province, southern Iran.
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2020-04-08 01:15
Ancient bas-relief discovered in western Iran
TEHRAN – An ancient bas-relief carving, which depicts human being figures, has recently been discovered in western Iran.
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![A view of Sarab-e Qandil (literary meaning “ice cold spring”), a royal bas-relief dating back to Sassanid-era (224-651 CE), near modern Kazerun, Fars province, southern Iran. It depicts a queen offering a lotus flower to her husband [widely believed to be the Iranian king Bahram II (r.276-293)].](https://media.mehrnews.com/d/2020/02/01/2/3368196.jpg)
2020-02-01 20:20
Sarab-e Qandil: what ambiguous bas-relief hint at Sassanid monarchy?
TEHRAN - Reliefs bear significant testimony to fragments of the history of mankind as well as the art history, itself. Reliefs can be found more or less in each corner of Iran, and even the globe. Who knows, maybe some of them are still having untold stories.
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2019-12-14 19:39
Recovered Achaemenid ‘guard’ to go on show at Milad Tower
TEHRAN – A limestone relief of an Achaemenid Persian guard, which was brought back home from the U.S. last year, will go show in a month-long exhibit at Tehran’s Milad Tower.
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2019-12-01 18:23
Vandalized prehistorical bas-relief restored in western Iran
TEHRAN – A 3rd-millennium-BC bas-relief, vandalized on a rock surface in western Iran earlier in September, has been restored without damaging its other undestroyed sections.
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2019-10-15 20:46
Apadana Staircase leads you to mythical arts of Persia
TEHRAN – Apadana Staircase is one of the most striking sections of the UNESCO-registered Persepolis, southern Iran.
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2019-09-06 17:38
Millennia-old bas-relief found in western Iran
TEHRAN – A bas-relief, estimated to date from over 3,000 years ago, has recently been discovered in Kermanshah province, western Iran.
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2019-05-06 21:30
Recovered Achaemenid guard on tour to southern Iran
TEHRAN - A previously recovered limestone relief, depicting an Achaemenid Persian guard, is to be delivered to the Persian Gulf Anthropological Museum for a loan exhibit in Bandar Abbas, southern Hormozgan province.
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2019-02-02 21:16
Iran says it has traced two Achaemenid reliefs stolen decades ago
TEHRAN – Iran tourism chief has said that the country has traced two more Achaemenid-era (550-330) bas-relief carvings, which were stolen from Persepolis decades ago.
