Display of Achaemenid works in the British Museum
In the exhibition “Luxury and Power: Iran to Greece”, works of the Achaemenid civilization are displayed alongside works from Greece, Afghanistan and Bulgaria at the British Museum in London.
Display of Achaemenid works in the British Museum
According to Kental Iran Travel, quoted by Sedav-Sima, this exhibition examines the relationship between luxury and power in West Asia and Southeast Europe, from 550 to 30 years before Christ, and this is the period when the Iranian Empire and Ancient Greece It was involved before Alexander the Great conquered the region.
The exhibition “Luxury and Power: Iran to Greece” displays a wide range of objects, including the gold treasure of Bulgaria’s Panagiorisht consisting of 9 gold dishes, a silver rhyton (dishes made in the shape of animals), a Shirdal and a ring of power from Iran, a Greek terracotta rhyton with lion head and gold oak wreaths from Turkey.
The explanation of this exhibition states: “When the Greek soldiers captured the tent of the royal command of the king of Iran during the Greco-Persian wars (449-499 BC), they suddenly encountered luxury on an unimaginable scale. For many ancient Greek writers, the victories of the small Greek forces against the powerful Persians were the victory of discipline and self-control over an empire weakened by decadence and excesses.
Presenting stunning works from Afghanistan to Greece, the exhibition moves to explore a more complex story about luxury as a political tool in West Asia and Southeast Europe from 550 to 30 BC, showing how the Achaemenid royal court of Iran from It used precious objects as symbols of authority and defined a style of luxury that reverberated throughout the empire from Egypt to India.”
The exhibition “Luxury and Power: Iran to Greece” will be held from May 14 to August 22 in the Great Court Gallery of the British Museum.
