two stone archways with carvings on the side of them in front of a mountain

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Ancient Architecture

Taq-e Bostan (the Arch of Bostan) located in Kermanshah, Iran, a site with a series of large rock carvings from the Sassanian empire of Ancient Persia 224 - 642 AD. The carvings here are among the finest and the best preserved examples of sculpture and like other Sassanian symbols, Taqe Bostan and its rock carving patterns accentuate power, glory, honor, vastness of the court and the courageous spirit of the Kings. The first of the reliefs is a rock relief of crowning ceremony of King…

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Taq-e Bostan (the Arch of Bostan) located in Kermanshah, Iran, a site with a series of large rock carvings from the Sassanian… | Ancient persia, Persia, Iran travel