INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
initial authenticity of the work that has been confirmed, more detailed information is supposed to be announced after a complete
investigation and research by a specialized group, the report said.With all the speculation that the relief is a soldier, chieftain,
Zoroastrian cleric, or nobleman, Mousavihaji has emphasized that the Sasanian relief does not depict a Sasanian soldier or military
official, or a spiritual man
this Sassanid prince is one of the sons of Bahram II (r
274 to 294 CE), who during his father's reign was definitely responsible for the political governance of one of the Iranian states.Last
month, the smuggled relief of a bearded man was returned home by the UK after being recovered from smugglers at Stansted airport.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
Iran 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
