BBCNEWS Epic Iran September 19, 2021 04:33:00
This exhibition is very unusual, in that it traces the history and cultural development of iran from the beginning of history, which we reckon to be about 3200 bc — that's when the first rudimentary writing appears in iran — right up until now. so that's a 5,000—year continuum. the first section starts at 3200 bc, with the introduction of writing, and it goes on until the start of the achaemenid empire in 550. so that in itself covers a very long period. we call that "emerging iran". there are some very interesting pieces in the first part of the exhibition showing