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Antique Relief of The Third King of The Achaemenid Empire, Darius The Great (550–486 BCE)

Sepideh Q.

16.05.2012 at 20:59h, License:

National Musum of Iran
(4.28.2012)
http://www.nationalmuseumofiran.ir/webforms/En/General/Default.as
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I shot this, about a few weeks ago, when I had a beautiful day with my friend , dear Ingrid H ; her daughter-in-law, Lili; and one of my friends, Zahra.

Read more about Darius I, and The Achaemenid Empire in Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_I

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_empire#Achaemenid_kings_a
nd_rulers

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Vera M. Shulga, 16.05.2012 at 22:31h

Very nice photo!
Nice info to it.
Greetings, Vera

s. sabine krause, 17.05.2012 at 10:47h

beautifully captured, sepideh! and such intricate and delicate art carved expertly into a rough rock (or hewn out of it?) – what great accomplished artist the people of those ancient times must have been! i checked out the links and read about darius, the great and the achaemenid empire! interesting stuff!! great, how in your picture of the relief you caught the light reflections on the rock (?)! they make the material look almost metallic and very costly – like silver – which adds even more shine and dignity to the mighty king's majestic appearance. love the details of his throne: amazing, how modern some of the parts look, the backrest, for example, and the lily in his hand – very beautiful indeed! hugs, sabine. p.s.: liked the letters of old persian a lot, too (in the wikipedia entry). think i never consciously encountered a writing like that before! and the carefully designed coin, the "gold daric" – wow, what a treasure! not only the purity of the gold but also the carefully worked-out little relief on it!

Claudio Micheli, 17.05.2012 at 13:15h

Interessante e molto bella!
Ciao

Nader Pakbaz, 18.05.2012 at 9:54h

Iranian Shah

Alfred Schultz, 18.05.2012 at 11:00h

Salam Sepideh,
The Third King would surely never have thought that he once'll appear in such a perfect quality picture on the Internet.
Best wishes to you + your friends - A.

Ingrid H, 21.05.2012 at 7:47h

the perfect works of persian empire in achaemenid era in my opinion are the world wide most perfect art works!!!!!! thank you for displaying a great sample here!!! great captured, dear sepideh!! bye, ingrid h

Reza Partiya, 24.05.2012 at 10:34h

Great Art!

Christian Bertero, 24.05.2012 at 14:15h

I'm very happy about the way you propose your great History and art and I appreciate a lot your strong will to share with all of us this universal Heritage.

Sincere congratulations my friend Sepideh. +++++
Christian