among the various of sasanian kings, narseh (293-302 a.d.) is the one whose important and striking rock relief remained at naqsh-i rustam in iran’s fars province. this relief records investiture ceremony from anahita ( known as goddess of fertility and protector of water). until now, various views and interprations have been put forwarded about the real identity and historical theme of this re...

This article analyzes the scene of Sasanian king combating a lion in two rock reliefs. Most Bas-reliefs belong to first 150 years dynasty and most are located modern Fars province. The reliefs typically depict king’s investiture by deity (who is usually Ahurā Mazdā, but, some reliefs, Mithra or Anāhitā), with courtiers, his family, at war, triumph over enemies, fighting hunting wild animals. Tw...

elymais regions include the elevated plains and valleys of bakhtiary mountains in east of karun river and in fact it is the northeast of khozestan province. although the exact determining of the region extend is difficult but during its life the extend has changed in terms of the new conquests of parthians and some more or less important parts of elymais were dominated by small neighboring stat...

Since the Sassanid era, many reliefs and seals have left and by reviewing their designs, the mythical and religious attitudes of those people can be understood. The purpose of this article is to decode and interpret the symbolic paintings and to review and study the myths, concepts, and religious rituals of this period. The question is that what the divine and human origin of the symbolic paint...

Among the rock art in Arabia, a little-known Neolithic tradition of large, naturalistic camel depictions stands out. Their geographic distribution and stylistic traits suggest close links with Camel Site reliefs. Four newly documented panels appear to have been carved by same individual (or group), tracing repeated movements over hundreds kilometres.