EditorialOxus Treasure. Gold armlet with ends in the form of winged monsters with griffin head low relief. 5th-4th centuries BC. From Takht-i Kuwad, Tajikistan. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialPersian Art. Achaemenid period. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Capital with a griffin, dated during the reign of Xerxes (486-465 BC). In the background, the Gate of all Nations or Gate of Xerxes. Islamic Republic of Iran.
EditorialPersian art. Achaemenid period. 5th century B.C. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Throne Hall or the Imperial Army's hall of honour, also called the Hundred-Columns Palace. Relief depicting the different peoples of the Empire bearing the royal throne. Isl...
EditorialPersia. Teher?n. Takht-i-Kadjar. Grabado realizado por Al?s y posteriormente por Lemaitre. Panorama Universal. Historia de la Persia, 1851. Biblioteca Hist?rico Militar de Barcelona. Catalu?a. Espa?a.
EditorialRuins of Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Olivier?s Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti fro...
EditorialGold jug from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC. Fine gold jug with a lion-headed handle and ridged decoration. The jug is part of the Oxus treasure, the most important collection of silver and gold to have survived from the Ach...
EditorialOxus Treasure. Gold armlet with ends in the form of winged monsters with griffin head low relief. 5th-4th centuries BC. From Takht-i Kuwad, Tajikistan. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialA view on the Jhelum at Srinagar, Kashmir, looking towards Takht-i-Sulaiman. Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes Collection: Photograph Album Of Lady Barnes. India, c.1895. Source: Photo 556/1(17).
EditorialFath 'Ali Shah enthroned in a garden on the 'takht i Nadiri,' with two princes in attendance, receiving presents from Mirza Riza Quli 'Munshi al-mamalik.'. Shahinshahnama of Fath 'Ali Khan Saba. 1810. 21.5 by 17 cm. Opaque watercolour. Qajar style. ....
EditorialHouseboats at Srinagar. A view, probably on the Dal Lake, with the hill of Takht-i-Sulaiman in the background. The large houseboat in the foreground is identified as belonging to Henri Dauvergne, the smaller boat behind (with cook's boat and dunga) bei...
EditorialThe episode of the dogs of al-Haw'ab. 'A'isha, favourite wife of the Prophet, hidden in a takht-i ravan on a camel, is asked by Talhah the significance of the dogs' barking. A miniature painting from a nineteenth century manuscript of Hamla-i Haydari, ...
EditorialA full-length portrait of Takht Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpore. Macnabb Collection: Album Of Miscellaneous Views In India. India, 1860s. Source: Photo 752/12(148).
EditorialPersia. Teher?n. Takht-i-Kadjar. Grabado realizado por Al?s y posteriormente por Lemaitre Direxit. Panorama Universal. Historia de la Persia, 1851. Biblioteca Hist?rico Militar. Barcelona. Catalu?a. Espa?a.
EditorialOxus Treasure. Gold armlet with ends in the form of winged monsters with griffin head low relief. 5th-4th centuries BC. From Takht-i Kuwad, Tajikistan. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialPersian Art. Achaemenid period. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Capital with a griffin, dated during the reign of Xerxes (486-465 BC). In the background, the Gate of all Nations or Gate of Xerxes. Islamic Republic of Iran.
EditorialARTE PERSA-AQUEMENIDA. PERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-E-JAMSHID). Ciudad palaciega iniciada en el 518 a. C. por orden de DARIO I. CAPITEL con forma de TORO (518-460 a. C.). Procede posiblemente de la Sala de Audiencias de Dario I. Museo de Arte Nelson-Atkins (The N...
EditorialPersian art. Achaemenid period. 5th century B.C. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Throne Hall or the Imperial Army's hall of honour, also called the Hundred-Columns Palace. Relief depicting the different peoples of the Empire bearing the royal throne. Isl...
EditorialSquare Tile, late 13th century, Made in Iran, Kashan, Stonepaste; molded and luster-painted on opaque white glaze under transparent glaze, 11 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (29.2 x 28.6 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, This stonepaste tile depicts a horse standing between two h...
EditorialRuins of Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Olivier?s Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti fro...
EditorialPERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-E-JAMSHID). Ciudad palaciega iniciada en el 518 a. C. por orden de Dar?o I. Detalle de un CAPITEL con forma de TORO del PALACIO DE LAS CIEN COLUMNAS, lugar de reuni?n de la guardia real, conocida como "Los Inmortales". Epoca de JERJES...
EditorialDuke and Duchess of Connaught in India, Rohra Valley in Summer. 2. Sopor, Himalayas in the Background. 3. Bazaar at Srinagar. 4. Temple on Takht-i-Suliman. 5. Heads of some Cashmere Game. 6. The Doongha, or Cashmere Boat 7. Departure of the Duke and Du...
EditorialTHE CAMPAIGN IN AFGHANISTAN: NOTES AT KABUL: 1. Part of Char Chawk Bazaar. 2. Takht-i-Shah, Cabul Road, from Cabul Bridge. 3. Dehmuzang Gorge, from an Old Bridge across the Cabul River. 4. Bala Hissar and Part of the City from above Deh Afghan.
EditorialOxus Treasure. Gold armlet with ends in the form of winged monsters with griffin head low relief. 5th-4th centuries BC. From Takht-i Kuwad, Tajikistan. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialARTE PERSA-AQUEMENIDA. PERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-E-JAMSHID). Ciudad palaciega mandada construir por el rey DARIO I en el 518 a. C. Vista parcial de la ESCALERA DEL PALACIO DE JERJES I (486-465 a. C.), decorada a ambos lados por un relieve de un le?n devorando ...
EditorialARTE PERSA-AQUEMENIDA. PERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-E-JAMSHID). Ciudad palaciega mandada construir por el rey DARIO I en el 518 a. C. Vista parcial de la ESCALERA DEL PALACIO DE JERJES I (486-465 a. C.), decorada a ambos lados por un relieve de un le?n devorando ...
EditorialPersian Art. Achaemenid period. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Capital with a griffin, dated during the reign of Xerxes (486-465 BC). In the background, the Gate of all Nations or Gate of Xerxes. Islamic Republic of Iran.
EditorialARTE PERSA-AQUEMENIDA. PERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-E-JAMSHID). Ciudad palaciega iniciada en el 518 a. C. por orden de DARIO I. CAPITEL con forma de TORO (518-460 a. C.). Procede posiblemente de la Sala de Audiencias de Dario I. Museo de Arte Nelson-Atkins (The N...
EditorialPersian art. Achaemenid period. 5th century B.C. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Throne Hall or the Imperial Army's hall of honour, also called the Hundred-Columns Palace. Relief depicting the different peoples of the Empire bearing the royal throne. Isl...
EditorialGold jug from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC. Fine gold jug with a lion-headed handle and ridged decoration. The jug is part of the Oxus treasure, the most important collection of silver and gold to have survived from the Ach...