Elam
There are 153 items in Elam:
The river Marun |
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia: pseudo-ancient name for the country that is now known as Iraq. In Antiquity, it was not common to regard the five parts of this region as a unity. …Mural Crown
Mural Crown: artistic motif from the ancient Near East, also used in Hellenistic and Roman art. An Elamite goddess wearing a…Naqš-e Rustam, Elamite relief
Naqš-e Rustam: archaeological site in Fars (Iran), best known for its Achaemenid tombs and rock reliefs made in the Sasanian age.The Elamite Relief Elamite man The oldest monument at Naqš-e…
Naqš-e Rustam, Elamite relief of a man |
Naqš-e Rustam, Elamite relief, Elamite goddess wearing a mural crown |
Naqš-e Rustam, Elamite relief, Snake throne |
Nineveh, Palace of Aššurbanipal, Soldier with a captured bull and a female slave from Elam |
Paišiyâuvâdâ
Paišiyâuvâdâ: the town where a Magian named Gaumâta raised a rebellion against the Achaemenid king Cambyses (Spring 522 BCE). Geological layers,…Paris, Louvre
It is hard to write a review of the Louvre in Paris, because it is one of the world’s largest museums. There are many departments, and each one of them might, in its field, have been a museum of the…
Head of a bronze statue of a Parthian prince, found at Shami, Khuzestan |
Pasitigris (Karun)
Pasitigris: river in ancient Elam, modern Karun. The Karun at Ahvaz The river Karun or, to use its ancient name, the Pasitigris,…