BBCNEWS Epic Iran September 19, 2021 04:37:00
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, because by this time, of course, zoroastrian had become the state religion of iran. there'...