Malik Area News Today

The advanced and prosperous civilisations in some of those centres. particularly, for example, in ilam, in southwestern iran, i draw your attention to a very fine little bronze group which shows a man and a woman, possibly a king and a queen. they are worshipping figures, and it was undoubtedly something that was put into a shrine in order to represent the supplicants in perpetuity. also some very interesting gold vessels from the malik area, just to the south of the caspian sea. the area was co...

A very long period. we call that "emerging iran". there are some very interesting pieces in the first part of the exhibition showing the advanced and prosperous civilisations in some of those centres. particularly, for example, in ilam, in southwestern iran, i draw your attention to a very fine little bronze group which shows a man and a woman, possibly a king and a queen. they are worshipping figures, and it was undoubtedly something that was put into a shrine in order to represent the supplica...

Vessels from the malik area, just to the south of the caspian sea. the area was controlled by robber barons who made themselves very wealthy by exacting tolls on people using the east—west trade route that wentjust to the south of the caspian sea. the second section is devoted to the achaemenid iran — so, the persian empire — which begins in 550 when cyrus the great seized power and united the medes and the persians. one of the most famous artefacts dating from that period is the very famo...

There are some very interesting pieces in the first part of the exhibition showing the advanced and prosperous civilisations in some of those centres. particularly, for example, in ilam, in southwestern iran, i draw your attention to a very fine little bronze group which shows a man and a woman, possibly a king and a queen. they are worshiping figures, and it was undoubtedly something that was put into a shrine in order to represent the supplicants in perpetuity. also some very interesting gold ...

Civilisations in some of those centres. particularly, for example, in ilam, in southwestern iran, i draw your attention to a very fine little bronze group which shows a man and a woman, possibly a king and a queen. they are worshiping figures, and it was undoubtedly something that was put into a shrine in order to represent the supplicants in perpetuity. also some very interesting gold vessels from the malik area, just to the south of the caspian sea. the area was controlled by robber barons who...