The deluge of Luristan bronzes began in fall 1928 in the sleepy town of Harsin, some 20 miles east of Kermanshah. A local farmer uncovered several beautiful bronze objects in his fields and sold them.

The Luristan Bronzes noted for their eclectic array of Assyrian, Babylonian, and Iranian artistic motifs, date from this turbulent period. Lorestan was incorporated into the growing Achaemenid Empire ...

The Luristan newt is “a gem of Iran’s rich biological diversity, being endemic to the Zagros Mountains, and the only salamander within its range […] It would be tragedy to lose such a unique ...

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) ...

Luristan (Iran): Two Ceramic Vessels with Painted Pattern National Museum of Asian Art. Click to open image viewer. Luristan (Iran): Two Ceramic Vessels with Painted Pattern [graphic] CC0 Usage ...

TehranTimes-This year the Tehran Times traveled to Khorramabad, the capital of Luristan province in western Iran, where they have an elaborate set of observations for the religious mourning occasion ...

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.

The jaunty, clean-limbed incumbent of the $30,000,000 Peacock Throne of Persia was once a swashbuckling bandit, Reza Khan. Today he is the Shahinshah, Reza Shah Pahlevi: "The King of Kings, ...

Appraisal: Luristan Whetstone with Bronze Ibex Finial , from New York City, Hour 1. Watch Anthony Slayter-Ralph's appraisal of a Luristan whetstone with a bronze ibex finial , ...

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.30: Photo File 30: Photographs mostly from Persia, including photos from the 1905 and 1923/25 trips. Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National ...

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 ...