A horned figure tames mythical beasts in this elaborate cheekpiece from a horse’s bit, produced in Luristan in about 700 B.C. When exquisite bronze figures be­gan flood­ing the antiquities ...

Perhaps the sight of salamanders like Luristan newt—charcoal-black and flame-orange—caused people in the seventeenth century to lend the name of myth to the taxa. Native to a tiny river region ...

However, of ancient highlights of the under-the-radar destination are the Luristan Bronzes that comprise small cast objects decorated with bronze sculptures from the Early Iron Age, found in large ...

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The demand for Iranian Iron Age weapons began after a large cache of bronze and iron weapons was discovered in the western Iranian province of Luristan in the late 1920s. A recent study by ...

The so-called Luristan newt -- also known as the Kaiser's spotted newt or the emperor spotted newt -- inhabits Iran's western province of Lorestan but is listed as "vulnerable" on the ...

The old eagerness for battle kindled in his veins, last week, when news came that rebellious tribesmen were stirring in Luristan and had assassinated the Shah’s Minister of Public Works ...

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Luristan Bronzes constitute a large share of the objects, which will be transferred into a neighboring museum to go on public display, Ata Hassanpur said. Of the figure, some 50 historical relics are ...

Luristan province in western Iran has been going through a lot of managerial efforts in recent years in order to turn the province into a tourism hub, thanks to its rich natural and historical ...

Now he has more antiquities and artifacts than he could possibly count. From luristan bronzes to Egyptian canopic jars, Perry is a passionate collector and educated historian. “It keeps one ...

Business Iran’s Luristan province turning into a major tourism hub Business Materials 9 February 2017 15:04 (UTC +04:00) Materials 9 February 2017 15:04 (UTC +04:00) ...