Tehran
NATIONAL MUSEUM
- National (or Archaeological) Museum of Iran-also called Muze-ye -Iran- e- Bastan (Museum of Ancient Iran)
- Collection includes pottery, ceramics, stone figures and carvings from 5th & 4th millennium BC.
- Four tablets inscribed in cuneiform, Darius I inscription, carved staircase, tiles from Apadana Palace, and salt man are some of the highlights.
Relief from Persepolis
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Cuneiform Tablet from Persepolis
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Exibit in Musuem
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Saltman - A 40's year old man, apparently wealthy, was found in a mummified condition inside a salt mine.
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- You can purchase very nice photos, postcards, videos, dictionaries and maps in the museum gift shop.
- See Persian/Iranian Art
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