Morshedi House/ Kashan/ Iran

Desert Silhouettes - Sistani & Baluchestan

A 5200-year-old pottery bowl from Shahr-e Sukhteh bearing what could possibly be the world's oldest example of animation. It shows 5 images of a wild goat leaping, and if you put them in a sequence (like a flip book), the wild goat leaps to nip leaves off a tree. Museum of Ancient Iran

Bronze bust of King Sapur II, Sassanian Empire (Iran), 4th century AD

from Phoenix Ancient Art

Dragon head finial, 11th-14th century, Iran

Gilan, Iran || Photos: mostafa_asadbeigi

In ancient Parthia, we see elements of ancient Mesopotamian culture like this relief of the god Nergal. Nergal, a god of war and death, was worshipped for thousands of years in the region. He’s still showing up in the first couple of centuries CE in Parthia, on this relief from Hatra, a city in northern Iraq that became an important center of trade and culture under the Parthians:

Nergal came, over time, to be associated with Heracles, who had come to the region with the Greek culture brought by Alexander the Great. You can see Parthian depictions of Heracles here:

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Scheherazade and the Sultan by Alfred Choubrac

Spirits of ancient battles. Memories of Alexander the Great (2023/2024)

Gouache version of the work from 2017: https://www.tumblr.com/marysmirages/686070565494259712/spirits-of-ancient-battles-memories-of-alexander?source=share

Akhavan House/ Kashan/ Iran

Photography: abolfazl sadr

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Saturday, January 20.

Persian Rugs.

Today, Reader Dearest, we have taken it upon ourselves to adorn your dashboards with rich colors, compelling designs, hypnotic patterns, and the very finest all-natural wools.

These luxury rugs are hand-knotted, which means that each individual strand of wool or silk is tied onto the rug's very foundation by hand. This is a painstaking process, and it can take months or even years to complete before they arrive at their magnificent final form. There's probably a metaphor in there, but frankly, it's too early in the day for that.

Enjoy the rugs x

Illustration for fanfic "The Promised Land" by Ayescha @ayescha