Le site d’Artasat est repute pour abriter les vestiges d’un grand centre de la fin du 1er millenaire avt. n.e. Sur une des collines formant le site, restes rempart en brique crue mis au jour cours fouilles menees dans annees 1980 ont longtemps ete interpretes comme d’une occupation periode Urartu, soit premiere moitie L’A. refute toutefois cette hypothese qui repose essentiellement sur comparai...

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...

in great achaemenian empire different writings and languages have been used in diverse areas of the achaemenian dominion for doing administrative-economic activities in administrative system. persepolis fortification archive in the empire’s center, belonging to the 13 to 28 years of darius the great’ reign, can be distinguished as the greatest and most important achaemenid multilingual administ...

The eastern staircase of Apadana – the Royal Achaemenid Audience Hall at Persepolis was decorated with numerous reliefs depicting various people subjected to king’s rule, paying homage and bringing gifts. Among these, Lydian group is one delegations carved in lower part staircase. This led by officers court. participants carried amphorae, bowls armlets were also horses a chariot. amphorae arm r...