Greater Iran
Greater Iran, of course, is not an existing country. This category is intended for everything related to the area where, in Antiquity, people spoke an Iranian language, except for Persia.
There are 558 items in Greater Iran:
Koktepa, Scissors |
Konkobar (Kangavar)
Konkobar: ancient (Parthian?) sanctuary, perhaps dedicated to Anahita, modern Kangavar in Iran. Kangavar, stairs The sanctuary at Kangavar - according to Isidore…
Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane |
Kyrgyzstan |
London, British Museum
One of the largest museums in the world, with collections of Greek, Roman, British, Egyptian, Iranian, and Mesopotamian archaeology. There are 264 items in London, British Museum: …Lucian on Alexander's wedding
Sodoma's Wedding of Alexander and Roxane In 327, Alexander the Great married the daughter of the Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes, Roxane. No…
Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler |
Axes from Luristan |
A Magian, worshipping at a fire altar (seal impression) |
Magians
Magians (Old Persian Maguš): experts in Iranian religious - probably: oral - traditions, perhaps belonging to a Median tribe. They are to be distinguished from priests.Magians and magicians …Maka
Maka: satrapy of the ancient Achaemenid Empire, modern Oman. Map of the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean The name Maka for what…Manicheism
Manicheism can be seen as the first synthesis of world religions. This may explain why this kind of dualism could become a world religion itself and spread itself in a brief time from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.Teachings In the…