Iran
There are 1733 items in Iran:
Eshaqvand/Sakavand
Eshaqvand or Sakavand: site of a late-Achaemenid rock relief. The relief at Eshaqvand (cast at Taq-e Bostan) There are three ancient rock…
![]() The Dez near Choga Zanbil |
Eulaeus (Dez)
Eulaeus: river in ancient Iran, modern Dez. The Dez near Choga Zanbil Together with the rivers Karkheh (the ancient Choaspes) and Karun…Eye of the King
Eye of the king (Old Persian Spasaka?): inspector in the Achaemenid empire. Sometimes called "eyes and ears".In his charming description of the youth of the founder of the Achaemenid empire, Cyrus the Great, the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus suggests…