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Emergency restoration of Sasanian rock relief depicting King Bahram II completed
TEHRAN - The emergency restoration of a Sasanian rock relief of Bahram II at Tang-e Chogan, located in Bishapur, Kazerun, Fars province, has been completed, the provincial tourism chief said on ...
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The Sasanian Royal Garden of Qaṣr-e Šīrīn: A Lost Paradise That Inspired Garden Design from Persia to Al-Andalus
Both structures reflected the site’s importance as a center of power and worship during the reign of the Sasanian king Khosrow II Parvīz (590–628 CE). The layout of the Royal Garden suggests that it ...
All the silk roads lead to this outstanding British Museum show
The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...
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Famous Sutton Hoo helmet may be clue that early Anglo-Saxons fought as mercenaries for Byzantine Empire, study suggests
Gittos noted that the Byzantine leaders launched a major military campaign in the 570s against the Sasanian Persians who ... Gittos wrote in the study. King's College London historian and ...