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 ...
Archaeologist Abolhasan Atabaki has reported the discovery of what he describes as the smallest known bird motif from the ...
Foreword -- Preface -- Explanatory notes on the catalogue entries -- THE CATALOGUE. I. Enamels, catalogue numbers 1-11 -- II. Late roman vessels, catalogue numbers 12-31 -- III. Byzantine vessels, ...
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 ...
Mohsen Mazaheri, head of the Tiran-Karvan office of cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts, said the site was confirmed following inspections and preliminary studies conducted by senior ...
An international study reveals that 1,500 years ago Persian metallurgists had already mastered brass, a material that would later become widespread in the Islamic world. The study, published in the ...