@patrickwintour I thought this meant he wasn't sure who the Supreme Leader would be (connected to his earlier comments)
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Dr Lindsay Allen
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Dr Lindsay Allen
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lecturer in ancient history at KCL. Working on ancient Iran, Persepolis & history of collecting & scholarship re: both 🦣 [email protected] 🟦🌤️ too.
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Trump by saying he will run the Strait of Hormuz "jointly with the Ayatollah, whoever the Ayatollah is", incidentally is showing he does not know what a Ayatollah is.
But doubtless he is a very respected guy, a terrific person, and maybe he can join the Board of Peace.
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[To VW] Teheran, Persia 9th March [1926]. Now I shall not tell you about Persia, and nothing of its space, colour, and beauty, which you must take for granted—but please do take it for granted because it has become a part of me—grafted onto me, leaving me permanently enriched.
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Thread: On Monday, June 16, around 6:35 PM local time, the iconic glass building of #Iran’s state broadcaster (IRIB) was struck by Israeli missiles. Many of you have probably seen the aftermath photos. But how many know the story behind this building? 1/14
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Wait, is this where the Nimrud relief auctioned a few years ago at Christie's from Virginia Theological Seminary ended up?
𖢗@a2raya_
In traditional Assyrian clothing, Assyrians in Sweden are heading to the National Museum in Stockholm to celebrate the opening of a new Assyrian section and the unveiling of a new artefact, believed to be around 3,000 years old and originating from the ancient city of Nimrud 🏛️
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is anyone else now getting this for all searches? #digitalarchives
Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art@NatAsianArt
Explore these images and more in our online archives, with over 130 linear feet of vouchers, letters, photographs and more from Charles Lang Freer’s personal papers: s.si.edu/48BdcSs
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"Happy Nowruz! March 20th, 2025, marks the Persian New Year, a 3000-year-old celebration of spring—light over darkness. With Haft-Sin and Sizdah-Bedar, I hope I shared Iran’s wildflower beauty last year. To a joyful 1404!
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Happy Chaharshanbeh Suri! Iranian Norouz holiday of jumping over bonfires to cleanse the past year & bask in the flames' glow for the new year! 🔥چهارشنبه سوری مبارک
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Our very own Mateen on BBC 4's In Our Time this Thursday 13 March at 9 am UK time to talk about Cyrus the Great! Tune in here: lnkd.in/dyp-EMAm
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book launch events for Selena Wisnom's new Penguin book The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Blackwells Oxford Feb 26th, eventbrite.co.uk/e/selena-wisno… Waterstones London March 20th
waterstones.com/events/the-lib…
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Look upon this map, ye mutuals, and dispare
(From the New York Public Library Polansky Exhibit)
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💫Call For Applications: Mongol Connections💫
We invite applications for a three-year (2025-2027) research network project and travelling seminar hosted @TheCourtauld
Full details 👉 courtauld.ac.uk/research/mongo…
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One of those reference works where every footnote is a little treasury. It's got Heine, al-Biruni, the Umman-Manda, and the unending cycle of abducted gods, murderous princes and fallen empires.
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Explaining Disaster: Tradition and Transformation of the “Catastrophe of Ibbi-Sîn” in Babylonian Literature ift.tt/idrxc7m
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The first ever exhibition to explore the influence of art from the Islamic world on William Morris, one of Britain’s most important nineteenth century designers and thinkers is opening on Saturday 9 November 2024 at
@WMGallery
A thread on what to expect in the exhibition...
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Death is only the beginning...
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(Info for all who saw this monumental piece on exhibition this week - making no comment on the unsupported Edo-period story).
re-how.net@rehownet2
A 400-year-old Persian rug was sold at a Christies auction for approximately 186 million yen! Persian Polonaise carpet brought to Japan during the Edo period (exhibited by our company) Auction commemorative sale will be held until November 15t: ift.tt/qdjYCTK
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@artcrimeprof apposite object entry, if the collection link works: britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…
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@artcrimeprof this publication has some pictures of the early excavations if I recall, but there's no detailed discussion of what was excavated when, nor how findspots were documented, if at all. It's not clear how one connects the objects pictured to digging. search.worldcat.org/title/11587717…
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