Taq-e Bostan (Persian: طاق‌بستان, Kurdish: تاق وەسان, lit. 'Arch of stone') is a site with a series of large rock reliefs from the era of the Sassanid...

eventually superseded by other types of armoured cavalry. The emperor Manuel I Komnenos, for example, re-equipped his elite cavalry in the style of western...

coverings of leather. Heavy cavalry Notitia Dignitatum, a primary source ARMY i. Pre-Islamic Iran. Encyclopædia Iranica. December 15, 1986, Updated: August...

and mosaic interiors. Taq-i Bostan The iwan of the Palace of Ardashir The most famous example of a Sasanian iwan is the Taq-i Kisra ("Iwan of Khosrau")...

early Sasanid Empire. List of colossal sculpture in situ Naqsh-e Rustam Taq-e Bostan, another site of Sassanid-era rock reliefs. "Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e...

Caves Mahabalipuram Vijayanagara Behistun Naqsh-e Rostam Taq-e Bostan Colossal Statue of Shapur I, Shapur cave Petra The stone of the south Mada'in Saleh...

Inscriptional Pahlavi text from Shapur III at Taq-e Bostan, 4th century Kartir's inscription at Naqsh-e Rajab Coin of Ardashir I (r. 224–42) with Inscriptional Pahlavi...

UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bisotun. Behistun Inscription Darius I of Persia Taq-e Bostan (Rock reliefs of various Sassanid kings) Achaemenid empire Iran...

Shabdiz (شبديز) Relief of a victorious Khosrow II mounted on Shabdiz; Taq-i Bostan Species Horse Sex Male Nation from Sasanian Owner Khosrau II Appearance...

Province) as a place for his relief, he instead had a relief carved in Taq-e Bostan in the province of Media (near present-day Kermanshah). The relief shows...

Bahram's status as patron divinity of travelers. The rock reliefs at Taq-e Bostan lie 6 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Kermanshah, where a spring gushes...

Persepolis Qadamgah (ancient site) Pasargadae and Tomb of Cyrus the Great Taq-e Bostan (rock reliefs of various Sassanid kings) Ming and Qing Imperial Tombs...

Helmet on the Capital at Ṭāq-e Bostān again" in "Crowns, hats, turbans and helmets.The headgear in Iranian history volume I: Pre-Islamic Period". Siedlce-Tehran:...

western end of Mount Meywala, about 8 km (26,247 ft) from the west of Taq-e Bostan. Malaverd is one of the Paleolithic cave sites in the south of Mount...

important Sassanid ruler, that frescoes were painted for the last time in Taq-e Bostan. The thousand-year-old tradition of rock relief did not survive the end...

versions of Shapur inscription in Naqsh-e Rajab Shapur III's inscription in Taq-e Bostan Inscription of Apasa the Scribe Sasanian inscription in Meshginshahr...

"stirrupped" foot position can be seen on the Sasanian bullae and at Taq-e-Bostan. In 539 Khosrow had originally attempted to gain a casus belli against...

the Archaeology, Geology, and Culture of Rawansar Area, Kermanshah. Taq-e Bostan Publications, pp. 7-27 (In Persian). Parpola, S. & M. Porter (2001) The...

hunting camp. Reliefs of these scenes have remained largely intact in Taq-e Bostan. Hunting dogs have been used to hunt boar since ancient times. Boar hunting...

inflorescences may be seen on the sculpted capitals of Sassanid columns, as at Taq-e Bostan. F. imperialis is linked to the legend of the tragic death of Siyâvash...

become prominent around the 6th and 7th centuries, as is apparent at Taq-e Bostan. Early reliefs and seals portray members of the aristocracy wearing domed...

celebrating kings and one a high priest. Another important Sassanid site is Taq Bostan with several reliefs including two royal investitures and a famous figure...

was developed by Lorenz Helmschmied and Konrad Seusenhofer for Maximilian I, who used them extensively for propagandic and aesthetic purposes, as well...

"golden age of Iranian music" and himself is shown in a large relief at Taq-e Bostan among his musicians and himself holding bow and arrows and while standing...

claim that they had been used previously in the Greek campaign of King Xerxes I of Persia, and even further back at the time of Darius the Great at the Indus...

Iranian Azerbaijan, Isfahan, Shiraz and the ruins of Ecbatana, Bistun, Taq-e Bostan, Kangavar, Pasargadae and Persepolis, where he made many sketches. On...

She was however not long afterwards replaced by Khosrow II's nephew Shapur-i Shahrvaraz, whose reign was even briefer than hers, being replaced by Azarmidokht...

500-year-old ziggurat". Tehran Times. 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2024-04-02. "Taq-e Bostan". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-04-02. "The Collection...

refer to "the mysteries". In the colossal statuary erected by King Antiochus I (69–34 BC) at Mount Nemrut, Mithras is shown beardless, wearing a Phrygian...

to the Alchon Huns. He is notable for having a rock relief carved at Taq-e Bostan, depicting a scene of him along with his father. He was the penultimate...