TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Persian bas-relief dating back to approximately 500 BC was unveiled in National Museum of Iran after it was returned to the country a month ago. The bas-relief, which depicts ...

A New York state Supreme Court judge on Monday ordered a Persian bas-relief dating to approximately 500 B.C. to be returned to Iran, the country from which authorities say it was stolen more than ...

He added that thanks to Iran’s efforts, a complaint was filed in court and the case was closed with final verdict approving Iran’s right ordering the Persian piece to be returned to Iran. The ...

Police confiscated the eight-inch bas-relief dating to 500 BC from the booth of London antiquities dealer Rupert Wace during the fair. Depicting a bearded Persian imperial guard holding a spear ...

The work in question, an eight-inch bas-relief of a Persian soldier holding a shield and spear, dates from the fifth century BC and was stolen from Persepolis, the ancient ceremonial capital of ...

Naqsh-e Rostam embraces four tombs are where Persian Achaemenid kings are laid to rest, believed to be those of Darius II, Artaxerxes I, Darius I and Xerxes I, although some historians are still ...

The northern panel itself is divided into three tiers of well-preserved bas-relief figures of Persian nobility including the Imperial Guard and the Immortals. Detail depicts bas-relief carvings of ...

Three police officers and two prosecutors entered the Park Avenue Armory at 2 p.m. with a search warrant for a Persian limestone bas-relief. They seized the work, worth an estimated $1.2 million ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A New York Supreme Court judge ordered a Persian bas-relief dating back to approximately 500 BC to be returned to Iran, the country from which authorities say it was stolen ...