TEHRAN—A fresh round of restoration work has commenced on Anubanini bas-relief carvings, which are estimated to date some 4,000 years. The reliefs that are associated with the Lullubi civilization are due to depicting Lullubian kings as conquerors. They can be found on the northeastern edge of the modern Sarpol-e Zahab in Kermanshah province, about twenty […]
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New Reliefs Revealed in Egypt’s Esna Temple Beneath 2,000 Years of Dust
A joint German-Egyptian archaeological mission, who’ve been working at Egypt’s Esna temple since 2020, have succeeded in uncovering patterns, pictures, and colors from the ceilings and walls of the temple. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Africa Read Later Views: 0
Chapel of Hatshepsut Reliefs Uncover Master-Apprentice Relationship
Scientists have published fascinating new research into the reliefs found within the Chapel of Hatshepsut, an ode to the 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty who ruled between 1479 and 1458. Each of these whopping 13-meter reliefs, was painstakingly documented over the last decade, in order to understand the working relationship between a master and […]
Reliefs depicting scene of Greco-Persian Wars discovered in Turkey
Reliefs depicting scene of Greco-Persian Wars discovered in Turkey – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Archaeologists in northwestern Turkey have recently discovered a bas-relief, which depicts a battle scene between the Persians and the Greeks in the fifth century BC. Figures on the relief show fighting Greek soldiers beneath the hoofs of the Persian war horses, said […]
2,500-Year-Old Reliefs Found in Turkey Portray Greco-Persian Wars
Archaeologists digging at the site of the ancient Anatolian city of Daskyleion in northwestern Turkey were delighted to discover skillfully carved stone reliefs dating back to the fifth century BC. These sculpted images featured battle scenes pitting the forces of Persia against those of the Greeks, recreating scenes of the Greco-Persian Wars that occurred 2,500 […]