achaemenid glazed bricks of archaeological excavation of tall-e-ajori in persepolis city were studied by multiple instrumental analysis methods  such as xrf, xrd, sem-eds, icp and optical microscopy to identify the compositional features of glaze and brick body. glaze samples are apparently white and yellow  and this phenomenon are caused by the deterioration processes in burial environment, he...

The lion-bull iconography during the Achaemenian period of ancient Persia has generated different theories of astronomicaland seasonal events besides the suggestions that it could be the symbol of the time cycle of the day, with lion representingthe sun and bull the night. However, the present paper draws the reader’s attention to the hitherto unexplored angle ofzoology to understand physiognom...

Abstract The capture of the Achaemenid treasuries in 331–330 BCE by Alexander Great Persepolis and Susa marked demise 300-year-old Persian Empire advent Hellenistic kingdoms. seized equivalent about 5000 tons silver, which represented accumulated tributes paid subjugated people from Aegean Sea to Indus their rulers. Die studies show that this gigantic amount so-called mix, had been used produce...

Abstract Glazed decoration in Iran from the Middle Elamite to Achaemenid periods includes world art milestones. With exception of Hasanlu IVB, for most sites, comprehensive chemical and mineralogical data are lacking, owing generally profound alteration vitreous material. To bridge information gap, enable reconstruct operation production chains a diachronic fashion, thirty-six glazed artefacts ...

it has been proposed that some structures at persepolis served as calendarical or astronomical mechanisms. despite a general lack of evidence of such functionality at the site, a stone slab in the central palace (the tripylon gate) has been claimed as evidence supporting this theory. the chiseled signs on this slab have been interpreted as symbols indicating the precise time of the spring equin...