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In other words, allowing the people in those shrines to continue worshipping the gods they were worshipping before. what i would like to draw your attention to is a series of plaster casts of these reliefs at persepolis. and what we've done here is project onto them the original colours. and this is how these reliefs would've looked in antiquity. all the reliefs that one knows from this period were originally coloured. so what we've done is project colour lights onto that relief to show the public exactly how these reliefs would've appeared in antiquity. just next to me here

Is a series of plaster casts of glazed brick panels from susa that are in the louvre. and these were commissioned by the victoria and albert museum in the 19th century when it was collecting casts for its very famous cast forum, and so on. and they've never actually been on display before. the third section for which i was responsible is dealing with the parthian and sasanian empires. and what i draw your attention to there is some of the magnificently—decorated silver dishes. many of them show the king hunting — but all of them show some elements of zoroastrian iconography symbolism, beca...

He describes how he sent statues of gods back to shrines from which they had been removed and seized by the babylonian kings. in other words, allowing the people in those shrines to continue worshiping the gods they were worshiping before. what i would like to draw your attention to is a series of plaster casts of these reliefs at persepolis. and what we've done here is project onto them the original colours. and this is how these reliefs would've looked in antiquity. all the reliefs that one knows from this period were originally coloured. so what we've done is project colour lights onto that...

These reliefs would've appeared in antiquity. just next to me here is a series of plaster casts of glazed brick panels from susa that are in the louvre. and these were commissioned by the victoria and albert museum in the 19th century when it was collecting casts for its very famous cast forum, and so on. and they've never actually been on display before. the third section for which i was responsible is dealing with the parthian and sasanian empires. and what i draw your attention to there is some of the magnificently—decorated silver dishes.

In other words, allowing the people in those shrines to continue worshiping the gods they were worshiping before. what i would like to draw your attention to is a series of plaster casts of these reliefs at persepolis. and what we've done here is project onto them the original colours. and this is how these reliefs would've looked in antiquity. all the reliefs that one knows from this period were originally coloured. so what we've done is project colour lights onto that relief to show the public exactly how these reliefs would've appeared in antiquity. just next to me here is a series of plast...