[Iran] - Tehran museum to put Sasanian relief recovered from smugglers in UK on screen

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Museum of Iran in the near future.The relic is arranged to go on show at the National Museum following a two-day 14-day quarantine to curb
possible transmission of viruses to other museum objects, Mehr quoted a cultural heritage official as saying on Thursday.The smuggled relief
of a bearded man was bought home on Wednesday, days after it was delivered to the Iran embassy in London by the UK National Crime AgencyIn a
the embassy after proving that it belongs to Iran, and after it was displayed on loan at the British Museum for three months, Hosseini Matin
explained.Experts believe the over-one-meter-tall antique was hacked out of live rock or on-site carved rock
heading for the black market in Britain when it was seized by security personnel
The haphazard packaging, which may have been meant to imply that it was a useless item, made Border Force officers suspicious
The over-one-meter-tall antique was hacked out of live rock or on-site carved rock.Dr
was the center of a powerful empire stretching from Syria to the Caucasus and Central Asia, and with its capital at Ctesiphon, south of
The valuation could be anything, really
places a great deal of significance on the Sassanid era, which saw a general renaissance in Persian art and architecture
inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.AFM