Glass, Gilding, and Grand Design: Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642) presents masterpieces illustrating the splendor of the court arts of the Sasanian dynasty, which ruled the ancient Near East from the ...

The Sasanian stuccoes of northeastern Iran including the scenes of the investiture, worship, paying homage to royalty or nobility, and animal combats exemplify the characteristics of the Khorasanian ...

It was completely abandoned in the early Islamic era, the expert said. The Sassanid era is of very high importance in the history of Iran. Under the Sassanids, Persian architecture and the arts ...

Experts believe the artifact, reportedly worth more than £30 million, may have come from Iran’s southwestern Fars Province where a majority of Sasanian rock reliefs exist. Dr. St John Simpson, a ...

LONDON, ENGLAND—The ruins of a 1,400-year-old palatial Sasanian building with five connected halls, two columned halls, and a courtyard have been discovered in western Iran. Its decorative ...

The piece likely hails from the 3rd century C.E. when the Sasanian Empire ruled greater Iran, according to the Guardian. “It belongs to a period when Iran was the center of a powerful empire ...

Plate (detail), Iran, Sasanian period, Reign of Shapur II, 4th century, silver and gilt, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Freer Gallery of Art, F1934.23 ...