#Elamite

Rose of Persia😷

PersiaPhotos

1/2 UNESCO World Heritage site, #ChoghaZanbil ziggurat, #Khuzestan province-#Iran. It was built around 3250 years ago by pre-Iranic #Elamite civilization to honor the great god #Inshushinak. 2/2 The sundial at

Ma’at

surimana16

The Gate of All Nations in Persepolis, Iran was built under the Achaemenid King Xerxes I (518-465 BC). All visitors to the royal palaces of Persepolis had to pass through

Hêlîn D. Öztürk

Arbeles_Istar

ELAM1. L’Elam est un pays situé à l’origine sur le Plateau iranien qui a longtemps été confondu avec la Susiane. Il est désigné par l’idéogramme NIM (qui signifie «haut élevé»)

Bill Sutherland

Bill_Sutherland

I blame lockdown but for some reason decided to cook Babylonian meal from the recipe tablet on the right; at 1750 BCE are the oldest recipes existing. Seemed to go

Shyam Bharadwaj

Herran_Ukkonen

English word Rice descends etymologically from Greek ὄρυζα(Óruza)- alternatively ὄρυζον(Óruzon)Greek ὄρυζα descends from Old Persian Vrinji/Brinji- Witzel considers this be from an Indus Valley Language,whilst Southworth suggests an origin from

Erin L. Thompson

artcrimeprof

Dear Timeline Auctions: maybe consider changing up who makes the stuff you sell as priceless antiquities? If I can identify the same sculptor I get just a wee bit suspicious.

Rabih Alameddine

rabihalameddine

'Attitudes of the eyeball'. Delsarte system of dramatic expression. 1886 Sumerian or Elamite Lapis Lazuli Eye Inlay, c. 2nd Half of the 3rd Millennium BCE Sumerian statue from the Square

Krish Ashok

krishashok

What connects ancient Mesopotamia, Rosetta Stone, your liver, mayonnaise, the last letter of the Greek alphabet, dark chocolate, fake meat and heart disease? The answer is sesame. A thread Rather

Mary

mary_HistoryFan

I think I want to start a thread of cultural heritage sites in Iran. I know the Pentagon has said we will follow the laws and not bomb them, but

T. Benjamin

1FreeInhabitant

Trying to make sense of the fact that Jacob's sons were essentially rich kids of the Pharaoh's Vizier that went on to settle the known world.Not known then, mind you...