INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
authenticity of the relic, we were asked to find answers to two questions; First of all, discovering if the relief is a combination of resin
and crushed stone cast in a mold and is fake, and secondly, after seeing photos of the relief at an airport in London, which showed the
it is not yet clear whether this relief was located in a closed or open space (over the past centuries).From an archeology perspective and
based on current studies, although there are still ambiguities and questions, it is confirmed that this relief belongs to the Sassanid
period, she explained.Some 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
